Episode 26 - Rashelle Berry - Advancing the Dietitian’s Role in Nasogastric Feeding Tube Placement and the Tube Weaning Process

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, co-hosts Bailey Koch and Nikki Misner speak with Rashelle Berry on nasogastric feeding tube placement and weaning enteral nutrition. Rashelle has been working at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for over 16 years as a dietitian in the Marcus Autism Center’s feeding program. She previously served as the nutrition manager of the intensive feeding program. Currently, Rashelle’s clinical work is focused on infants and children with pediatric feeding disorders in both the outpatient clinical and rehab settings. She is especially passionate about weaning children from tube feedings. Rashelle also serves on the Georgia Board of Examiners for Licensed Dietitians and as a site reviewer for the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics.Nutrition Pearls is supported by an educational grant from Reckitt Mead Johnson Nutrition.Resources:Academy Quality Management Committee. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Revised 2017 Scope of Practice for the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2018;118(1):141-165. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2017.10.002Corrigan ML, Bobo E, Rollins C, Mogensen KM. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Revised 2021 standards of practice and standards of professional performance for registered dietitian nutritionists (competent, proficient, and expert) in nutrition support. Nutr Clin Pract. 2021;36(6):1126-1143. doi:10.1002/ncp.10774Produced by: Corey IrwinNASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition [email protected]