Learning Objectives

To enable workers to support delivery of enteral feeding and

management

Course Format

3 hour face-to-face workshop with knowledge and skills assessment

Course Structure

• Context: NDIS Skill Descriptors and Practice Standards
  
• Function of gastrointestinal tract and reasons for the enteral tube
• Types of enteral feeding tubes and devices: nasogastric tube (NGT), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or jejunostomy
• Roles of key health professionals involved in enteral feeding and management
• Safe delivery of nutrients/ fluids/ medications via syringe/ gravity
• Hand Hygieve
  
• Feeding plan/ regimen
• Preparing formula
• Positioning of the person for feeding
• Water flushes
• Standard care and follow-up
• Securing the tube
  
• Skin and stoma care
  
• Flushing the tube
  
• Showering, bathing, swimming
  
• Oral hygiene
  
• Hydration monitoring
  
• Bowel monitoring
  
• Trouble shooting/ common problems
• Blockage, leakage and deterioration
  
• Site infection or hypergranulation
  
• Gastrointestinal symptoms
  
• Late or missed administration of nutrients or medication
  
• Inadvertent removal
  
• Practical demonstrations and hands on practice in a simulated environment
  
• Documentation, consent, privacy and confidentiality
  

Certificate

Statement of competence valid for 1 year