This free course has already taken place. Contact your local Shield HealthCare representative about scheduling this course as an in-service in your facility.
To earn a 0.5 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit please schedule an in-service with Shield HealthCare, Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses, Part 3: Daily Care and Troubleshooting.
Enteral feeding tubes are commonly used across many healthcare settings. As a result, it is useful for healthcare providers to be familiar with the use and care of feeding tubes. This course will discuss troubleshooting procedures and how to care for enteral feeding tubes.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
- List the steps required to properly clean and maintain various types of enteral feeding tubes
- Identify and address signs of irritation or infection at the tube entry/exit site
- List steps required to flush feeding tubes
- Describe how to perform weekly maintenance on the balloon of a balloon gastrostomy tube
- List the steps in the daily maintenance checklist
- Describe troubleshooting of various problems that can occur with enteral feeding tubes, including patient distress, pain, tube leakage, dislodgement, and clogging of tubes
Who Should Take this Course
- Nurses
- Professional caregivers
- Family caregivers
- Individuals/Patients
- Home health agencies
- Nursing homes
- Hospice agencies
- Assisted living facilities
