Enteral Feeding Support Training (Tube Feeding Via Peg And Pej)
Enteral Feeding Support Training (Tube Feeding Via Peg And Pej)
About this Unit
This complex care program is designed specifically for people supporting participants with a support plan for enteral feeding and management who receive nutrition through a PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) tube or PEJ (Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy). The course develops the essential knowledge required to manage different types of tubes, feeding regimes and care of the insertion site and PEG/PEJ tube.
Our Program
We select our Premium Health trainers and assessors carefully. All are nurses with appropriate qualifications, technical expertise and experience in the health care, emergency first aid and education sectors. This enables them to provide you with quality training which is grounded in direct experience and knowledge of the field.
Premium Health offers both face-to-face delivery and online live training and assessment. Courses are available onsite at your venue, online Australia wide or at our public course venue.
| Enteral Feeding Support Training (Tube Feeding Via Peg And Pej) | |
|---|---|
| Delivery Mode | Option 1 offers 2 hours and 45 minutes of live online training with a knowledge assessment. Option 2 provides 3 hours of face-to-face training with both knowledge and skills assessments. |
| Learning Objectives | All delivery options include caring for the tube and gastrostomy/jejunostomy site and troubleshooting common problems. Option 2 only includes demonstrating in a simulated environment the safe delivery of nutrients/fluids via a syringe/bolus method and the safe administration of medication via a PEG. |
| Qualifications | Option 1 offers enteral feeding support (tube feeding via peg and pej) with live online training and a knowledge assessment, resulting in a statement of completion. Option 2 provides face-to-face training and assessment, resulting in a statement of competence. |
| Validity of Certificate | 1 year |