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With a Bright Spirit, Kali Overcomes Obstacles
When we first introduced Kali in 2010, she was a vibrant 4 year old who had gone through a lot in her short life. Born at just 24 weeks after...
School Partnerships Provide Education Opportunities for Students
Receiving hands-on experience during college can be a great step in ensuring students are prepared to enter the job force after graduation. After all, lectures and books can give...
Thriving at Home, Thanks to Parenteral Nutrition
To round out HPN Awareness Week, we want to highlight PHS kiddos who are living at home, with their families, thanks to dietitians, infusion nurses and pharmacists nearby. Parenteral nutrition...
Improving Outcomes through Sustain
HPN Awareness Week is August 3-9 this year, which means our team of dietitians, infusion nurses & pharmacists, home care nurses, and others are on day three of celebrating this therapy...
Preparing for Updates to Enteral Connectors
A number of patients on service with PHS utilize enteral and non-enteral systems related to their feedings, respiratory care, or other therapies. However, after reports of enteral misconnections (defined...
Tips and Tricks for Managing Feeding Tubes and Buttons
On our Facebook page recently, we asked parents and caregivers how they keep their kiddo from pulling out their tubes or buttons. So when we saw that the parent of...
Guest Post: When The Passing Gets Tough
Rachael Halvorson, RD, LD, has been working as a registered dietitian at Pediatric Home Service since 2013. Rachael graduated with honors from Minnesota State University Mankato with a degree...
Care at Home Takes a Village
This story is dedicated to Paul, and incredible boy who made the world a brighter place. After needing to be intubated and tube fed at birth, Paul was diagnosed...