Course Description
This Short Course introduces the role of External Nutrition (EN), indications for EN support, the management and general care of gastrostomy tubes, and assistance with tube feeding. External nutrition (EN) is the provision of liquid nutrition via a feeding tube into our digestive system. It provides the essential elements for providing the energy required by our bodies to function.
This course covers:
- Outline the goals of enteral nutrition
- Describe complications of tube feeding
- Describe the management and safe delivery of external feeding
