Feeding Tube Home Skills Kit Aids Patients with Transition to Home

The ACS Surgical Patient Education Feeding Tube Home Skills Kit provides patients and caregivers with the instruction and practice materials needed for the recommended enteral nutrition education that is recommended by nutrition experts. This simulation-based, multimedia program supports self-paced learning and safe management following discharge.

Each skills kit contains:

• Practice equipment
• DVD with skill demonstration
• Instruction booklet with images
• Discharge guidelines
• References for additional support
• Step-by-step checklist to guide performance
• Evaluation of skill acquisition

The skills kit was developed by the ACS with input from the American Pediatric Surgical Association, American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association, American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, ACS Commission on Cancer, and the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society.

Skills kits should be eligible for reimbursement with flexible spending, health savings, and health reimbursement accounts. ACS member pricing is available.