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Food safety, diet & related
Relevant for all healthcare disciplines
For specific healthcare skills
Helping keep others out of harm
Personal safetey - yours and others
With specific relevance to Scottish legislation
Outlining the principles and safeguards in place in Scotland for those who lack capacity
Important information about blood transfusion practice and safety
Raising awareness to and coping with the feelings of others and your own in a Palliative Care context
Crucial considerations for everyone working in a Social Care environment
Essential information at Level 2 for those in Scotland seeking to understand Child Protection
Strapline
Helping ensure the person and their needs are foremost within the caring process
Parenteral feeding is the intravenous administration of nutrients and should be considered for all patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, have a non-functioning gastrointestinal (GI) tract or an inaccessible gastrointestinal (GI) tract that prevents enteral feeding. It can also be used for comatose patients.
Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is the process whereby feeding is not supplemented by any other forms of feeding, such as oral feeding or tube feeding making it the only means by which a person gets the nutrition they need.
This short course will therefore look at the following key topics when considering parenteral nutrition:
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