Enteral Nutrition Resources

General Resources

• NEW! Plant-Based Protein Video Series
• Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy, published in JPEN 2016. 
• ASPEN Enteral Nutrition Handbook Second Edition contains the latest recommendations on safe practices, ENFit^®, and new information on preparation, labeling, and dispensing of EN. It is a step-by-step, practical guide to caring for patients receiving EN therapy.
  

Educational Video Inventory

The ASPEN Enteral Nutrition Task Force has developed an inventory of Enteral Nutrition Videos for both clinicians and consumers. 

Enteral Connectors

• Enteral Nutrition Connectors and Misconnections
• ENFit^® Syringe Medication Delivery Procedures: Inpatient Procedure  •   Home Care Procedure

Medication Issues

• Clinicians with EN patients will find ASPEN’s Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration an essential resource. It’s the only US book specifically targeting medication delivery via feeding tubes.
• Medication Error Reporting
  
  

Resources and Projects for Specific Populations

Critically-Ill Adult Patients

This ASPEN EN Care Pathway  provides steps and resources for managing critically-ill adult patients requiring enteral nutrition (EN), starting at needs assessment through transition out of the ICU.

Pediatric-Neonatal Patients

• The NOVEL Project was launched to address an important issue—what is the best practice to verify nasogastric (NG) feeding tube location in pediatrics? NG tube misplacement can cause serious harm and/or death to patients. X-rays can be used to verify proper tube placement, but with pediatric patients, NG tubes can be removed several times a day. The use of x-rays to verify every tube placement can overexpose these patients to radiation.
• Pediatric Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification: Best Practice Recommendations From the NOVEL Project . Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2018;33:921-927.