If tube feeding will be continued at home, ask to be trained by nurses at the hospital in daily tube feeding methods, nutritional requirements, giving supplemental water via the feeding tube, infection prevention precautions and equipment troubleshooting techniques.

Topics here include a basic orientation with tube feeding, the formulas, formula attributes and selection criteria, changing the formula during an antibiotic, Medicare coverage and feeding tube replacement issues. There are also tips on setting up and troubleshooting the feeding equipment and clearing occasional clogs in the feeding tube.