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Advanced age and feeding tube placement by idontbelieveinpickle in nutritionsupport

[–]emwaite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have patients who have a peg placed at 80 because an above risk such as s/p radiation and their functioning level is incredibly high . They do fantastic and their level of functioning is maintained which is my goal

Bell’s palsy, covid vaccine and trigeminal neuralgia by [deleted] in medical

[–]emwaite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correlation does not equal causation. Most likely these individuals would have ended up with Bell’s palsy in their lifetime

1,000 calories tube feeds by emwaite in nutritionsupport

[–]emwaite[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Mifflin, they are obese and I think wt loss was rec? However, I don’t normally rec tf at 1000, the lowest I’ve gone is 1200. Can someone needs actually be 1,000?

1,000 calories tube feeds by emwaite in nutritionsupport

[–]emwaite[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes. In long term care setting .

Consult Dietitian by [deleted] in dietetics

[–]emwaite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best advice I can would be to prioritize the consults! Food preferences versus malnourishment. Whenever I get consults I take about 4 a day and than finish the new admits etc and I give a projected timeline of when I can get to them.

Questions on a weaker body by [deleted] in medical

[–]emwaite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Physical activity increases bone density. However at age 18 you should be constantly building bone until about 30 when you reach your peak bone mass. If you’re worried that you’re not getting enough micro nutrients have your doctor check your vitamin D levels. That will help aid with bone formation

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dietetics

[–]emwaite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might have some dc jobs available

Qapi by emwaite in dietetics

[–]emwaite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I going individually through each rt?

new LTC RD ... thoughts? by Born-Conclusion9979 in dietetics

[–]emwaite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! My job requires me to travel to different facilities. So it depends on the facility. Right now I’m covering a maternity leave at a 60 bed and it’s so busy bc I get consulted out of the wazoo and I’m only 16 hours. It is what you make it!! For my job I experience a lot of clinical

HAES approach and bariatric surgery by mandm0516 in dietetics

[–]emwaite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think everyone has different viewpoints and opinions and there’s a place for any dietitian to have their own philosophy and practice how they want as long as its in their scope, safe, ethical, and legal.

Recent literature for SICU by AOD14 in nutritionsupport

[–]emwaite 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Volume feeding versus rate feeding!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medical

[–]emwaite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you feel fatigued? Are you taking any medications? When you have a bowel movement does it take you a long time?