COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

TARGET AUDIENCE

LENGTH

CONTENT

MAXIMUM GROUP SIZE

NU01

Dietary needs of clients and caring for clients with malnutrition

All levels of staff

3 hours

• Nutritional requirements for older people

• How nutrition effects health

• Nutritional assessment and care planning

• Malnutrition guidelines

• Caring for malnourished and dehydrated clients

• Encouraging clients to enjoy their food

• Food supplements

15

NU02

Caring for clients with nasogastric and  PEG tubes

All levels of staff

3 hours

• Nutritional needs of clients who require artificial feeding

• Principles of caring for clients with nasogastric tubes (NGT tubes), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes (PEG tubes) and percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tubes (JEJ or PEJ tubes)

15