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When you have rectal bleeding, tests may be done to help confirm your diagnosis and plan your treatment. Read on to learn more about these procedures.

Rectal bleeding is when blood passes through your rectum and anus. Rectal bleeding may be a sign of a serious problem in your rectum, colon, or upper GI tract.

Here you will find information on filling and connecting the bag and turning on the pump for continuous tube feeding.

To treat a frozen shoulder, stretches are tried first. If stretches alone don’t help, your healthcare provider may suggest adding other treatments. Keep in mind that no treatment replaces shoulder stretches. After any of these treatments, you’ll need to start your exercises again as your healthcare provider advises.

Pressure injuries are a growing problem in the healthcare setting. As a healthcare provider, you know that treating pressure injuries needs time and resources. It’s vital to help prevent pressure injuries with attentive care and speed healing with correct treatment.

Even a healthy person can begin to develop pressure injuries in less than a day if left in the same position. It helps to know where and how pressure injuries develop and what you can do to prevent them.

Bony prominences are the areas of bone that are close to the skin's surface. These areas are most susceptible to pressure injuries because they have the least amount of cushioning.

There is no single preventive for pressure injuries. Give priority to pressure relief. Reduce other risks to help maintain a healthy flow of nutrients to the patient’s skin.

Evaluating pressure injuries includes describing and documenting them and tracking their progress. Staging systems provide you with a guide in this process. The information in this sheet is an overview of the staging and treatment of pressure injuries.