MedPage Today September 10, 2024
— We can help ensure our pediatric patients have adequate nutrition to thrive
It’s Monday at 1 a.m., and a 10-year-old girl comes back from her appendectomy, begging for a snack. After working her way through sips of juice, I grab her a small bowl of cereal. As she scarfs it down, I say, “You must be so hungry since you couldn’t eat before surgery!”
“I haven’t eaten since school on Friday,” she replies.
“You couldn’t keep food down since Friday?” I ask.
“No, I just don’t usually get to eat on the weekends.”
Unfortunately, this was an all-too-common encounter for me (Bowers), as a pediatric nurse.
Across the country, thousands of children walk into hospitals and clinics every day....
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