PEJ and PEG Feeding
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Course Overview
Learn how to safely deliver high intensity support for people who require PEJ or PEG feeding including tube and stoma care, feeding regimes, administering feeds and medication and responding to common complications.
Why take this course?
Everyone has a right to good health and nutrition. But for those who require enteral feeding through a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube or Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy (PEJ) tube, extra care is required to maintain safety, privacy and dignity.
This eLearning module will build your confidence in assisting people with enteral feeding, including how to manage different types of tubes, feeding regimes and care of the insertion site and tube. We’ll go through how to apply best practice, respond to common problems, and work in a way that’s person-centred and within your scope of practice.
This online course has been created with expert training content from Premium Health and forms part of our series of 7 High Intensity Daily Personal Activities eLearning modules.
What you’ll gain
This course provides the theoretical knowledge that underpins competence and directly addresses the High Intensity Skills Descriptors. We’ll cover:
An overview of anatomy and reasons for PEG and PEJ enteral feeding
The different types of tube feeding and feeding regimes
Providing support and following a person's Support Plans
Providing tube and stoma care
How to administer different types of tube feeds and medication via the gravity, bolus and pump methods
How to troubleshoot common problems and respond to medical complications
Who’s it for?
Support Workers
Frontline Leaders
Allied Health Professionals
Anyone involved in supporting people with enteral feeding
What’s included?
80 minute eLearning module
Practical diagrams, graphics and examples to show you how to apply your learnings in the real world
Certificate of completion
Access to refresh your knowledge at any time, as advised by the NDIS Commission.
Pathway to Competency
The NDIS Commission’s High Intensity Skills Descriptors require that these supports are delivered by a competent worker. Learners can build on the theoretical foundations of this module by completing a skills competency assessment with Premium Health to meet this requirement. Competency assessments are:
delivered by qualified health professionals, as required by the NDIS Commission
available Australia wide, both online and face-to-face.
inclusive of a statement of competency for audit evidence and peace of mind
discounted DSC learners at $99 per person, with further group discounts available.
Collaborating organisation
FAQ
Learn how to safely deliver high intensity support for people who require PEJ or PEG feeding including tube and stoma care, feeding regimes, administering feeds and medication and responding to common complications.
Why take this course?
Everyone has a right to good health and nutrition. But for those who require enteral feeding through a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube or Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy (PEJ) tube, extra care is required to maintain safety, privacy and dignity.
This eLearning module will build your confidence in assisting people with enteral feeding, including how to manage different types of tubes, feeding regimes and care of the insertion site and tube. We’ll go through how to apply best practice, respond to common problems, and work in a way that’s person-centred and within your scope of practice.
This online course has been created with expert training content from Premium Health and forms part of our series of 7 High Intensity Daily Personal Activities eLearning modules.
What you’ll gain
This course provides the theoretical knowledge that underpins competence and directly addresses the High Intensity Skills Descriptors. We’ll cover:
An overview of anatomy and reasons for PEG and PEJ enteral feeding
The different types of tube feeding and feeding regimes
Providing support and following a person's Support Plans
Providing tube and stoma care
How to administer different types of tube feeds and medication via the gravity, bolus and pump methods
How to troubleshoot common problems and respond to medical complications
Who’s it for?
Support Workers
Frontline Leaders
Allied Health Professionals
Anyone involved in supporting people with enteral feeding
What’s included?
80 minute eLearning module
Practical diagrams, graphics and examples to show you how to apply your learnings in the real world
Certificate of completion
Access to refresh your knowledge at any time, as advised by the NDIS Commission.
Pathway to Competency
The NDIS Commission’s High Intensity Skills Descriptors require that these supports are delivered by a competent worker. Learners can build on the theoretical foundations of this module by completing a skills competency assessment with Premium Health to meet this requirement. Competency assessments are:
delivered by qualified health professionals, as required by the NDIS Commission
available Australia wide, both online and face-to-face.
inclusive of a statement of competency for audit evidence and peace of mind
discounted DSC learners at $99 per person, with further group discounts available.
Collaborating organisation
DSC On-Demand Learning
$265 / yr. Cancel Anytime.
Includes this lesson and a huge, always-updated library of 140 NDIS topics.
Sign UpBuy Single Course
$55
