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The care of an individual with a feeding tube requires you to be alert for the presence of complications such as displacement or infection at the insertion site. This course discusses how to provide site care and check for gastric residual.
Course Code: REL-PAC-0-RFTC
Hours: 0.1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:Identify the steps required to check for gastric residual.Describe the procedure for providing site care.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Feeding Tube Care
Checking Gastric Residual
Providing Site Care
Review
Summary
Section 3: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
References
Subject Matter Expert: Annette Brownlee BSN RN
Annette Brownlee, BSN, RN is an SME Writer for the Post-Acute Care team. She has a Bachelor of Arts in advertising from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Northern Colorado. Annette has worked in skilled nursing and home health. Her most recent experience includes being a Staff Development Coordinator and Infection Preventionist.
Target Audience:The target audience for this course is: Nursing Personnel.
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Course Delivery Method and FormatAsynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.
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