Total Parental Nutrition
For patients who are not able to receive nutrients by mouth or feeding tube, Advanced Home Care offers total parental nutrition (TPN). This intravenous nutrition method allows patients to receive a balanced amount of calories, vitamins, minerals, proteins and fats as prescribed by their physician.
Most patients receiving TPN are infused on a cyclic schedule, generally over a 12-hour period and most often at night while they sleep. TPN can also be given continuously, based on the patient’s specific needs. However, the pumps are small and portable, so patients can travel away from home and still fulfill their nutritional needs.
Our skilled nurses work with TPN patients in the initial stages to teach them how to connect their bags to the IV, inject any necessary medications into the nutrients, clean the site and tubing and recognize signs and symptoms of infection. Then, a nurse will visit on a weekly basis to monitor the patient’s weight and draw lab specimens as needed.
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