Nutrition Nurses Clinic

The Nutrition Nursing Team are experts in Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition feeding (Artificial Nutrition) and support patients, carers/families and community staff in caring for the feeding tubes and tube sites.

They provide a range of services:

• Full Assessment of patients referred for new feeding tubes: PEG, Jejunostomy and Parenteral Nutrition, Nasal Bridles
• Monitor In-patients receiving Parenteral Nutrition, Gastrostomy, Jejunostomy and naso-enteric feeding
• Gastrostomy replacement and removal services
• Train patients, families and carers in caring for feeding tubes and tube sites
• Provide tube components for older tubes
• Assess and troubleshoot in tubes and tube sites problems
• Telephone reviews of patients
• Balloon Gastrostomy changes and training patients and carers
• Balloon Gastrostomy tube removals
• Can advise regarding Medicines via enteral feeding tubes
• Work closely with Community Dietitians, Speech and Language Therapist, Learning Disabilities Nurse Specialists and Transition team
• Feeding At Risk Pathway of care not suitable for enteral feeding tubes
• Ethical considerations regarding tube feeding and Feeding at Risk
• Feeding Issue MDT
• Link between Enteral Feeding Companies

Clinics:

Open Access Clinic for Home Tube Fed Patients having tubes placed at the Luton & Dunstable University Hospital or known to Dr Rui Gao – Consultant Gastroenterologist

Clinic name: – Nutrition Nurse only clinic
Clinic Type: Adults and Transition patients (17+yrs)
Clinic days/times: 8.00-12.00 and 13.00-16.00, Monday to Friday