Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand an introduction to tube feeding and its types (stomach, intravenous, nasal, and intestinal).
• Learn how to administer tube feeding doses and related nutritional supplements.
• Perform nutritional assessment and calculate patients’ nutritional and fluid needs according to dietary standards.
• Identify different types of feeding tubes based on the patient’s condition and diagnosis.
• Understand the indications for tube feeding and its role in meeting nutritional requirements.
• Recognize the benefits of tube feeding, such as reducing complications, boosting immunity, speeding recovery, improving physical health and muscle strength, and shortening hospital stays.
• Identify potential complications of tube feeding, including tube dislodgement, leakage of feeding formula, blockage, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and dry mouth.

Target Audience:

• All hospital nutrition department staff
• Nutrition specialists and technicians
• Students of clinical nutrition and food service programs
• Nurses
• Health educators
• Laboratory staff
• Anyone interested in developing their skills and expertise in this field