Shield HealthCare cordially invites Northern California, Colorado and Washington nurses to attend a complimentary education workshop with 2 CE units*, designed to provide essential details and components of tube feeding and nutrition screening.
Workshop topic: Nurses’ Guide to Tube Feeding and Nutrition Screening
Guest speaker: Shield HealthCare on-staff Registered Dietitians with clinical experience in enteral nutrition and hands-on patient education
Workshop locations:
California
- San Francisco – 5/15/12 at Coventry Park (5:00 pm to 7:30 pm)
- San Jose – 5/16/12 at Belmont Village (5:00 pm to 7:30 pm)
- Pleasant Hill – 5/17/12 at Chateau III (5:30 pm to 8:00 pm)
- Fresno – 5/22/12 at AseraCare Hospice (5:30 pm to 8:00 pm)
- Sacramento – 5/24/12 at Eskaton Monroe Lodge (5:30 pm to 8:00 pm)
Colorado
- Aurora – 5/30/12 at Life Care Center (8:30 am to 10:30 am or 12:00 pm to 2:oo pm)
- Colorado Springs – 5/31/12 at The Inn at Garden Plaza (12:30 pm to 2:30 pm)
Washington
- Tacoma – 5/23/12 at The Villas (5:30 pm to 8:00 pm)
Course objectives:
• Identify types of feeding tubes and accessories • Demonstrate appropriate techniques for formula and medication administration • Describe optimal tube site care • Recognize and troubleshoot complications of tube feeding • Identify characteristics of malnutrition and recognize patients at risk • Describe the common components of a nutrition screen and assessment
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* Shield HealthCare will provide the education necessary and instructions to take online CEU tests and receive certificates at a cost of $10.00 per course. Estimated time of online test completion is less than 5 minutes each. Two tests required to complete these 2 CE Units, at $20 total.
