DMGT037 - Overview of Enteral Nutrition

$42.00
SKU
012-DMGT037

This course will explain the different methods of providing enteral nutrition and the conditions that may require their use. Also discussed will be appropriate care and steps for completing administration of feedings and medications.

Health care has come a long way since the first attempts were made to offer patients life-saving nourishment through a tube inserted into the person’s nose with the “hope” that it ended up in the right place. The options available today are varied and suit the needs of all types of patients, from infant to elderly. This course will explain the different methods of providing enteral nutrition and the conditions that may require their use. Also discussed will be appropriate care and steps for completing administration of feedings and medications. To successfully complete this course, you must attain a minimum score of 80% on the final exam and complete the course training survey.

Learning objectives:

  1. Name the general types of feeding tubes used in a health care setting; 
  2. List four conditions that may require feeding tube use; 
  3. Describe complications of feeding tubes that may occur; 
  4. Relate appropriate care of a feeding tube and insertion site, following correct infection control techniques 
  5. Explain steps to complete a feeding via a tube; 
  6. Discuss proper medication administration via a feeding tube.

Continuing education: 1.0 Category 1 CPE credits by the Board Certification/Accreditation (BOC); 1.0 contact hour by the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC); VGM Education is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

 

 

 

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