Specialized Nutrition Support and Ethical Considerations

Course overview

CareerSmart Learning provides interactive online continuing education courses to modern professionals seeking control, quality, and convenience. This is an advanced course about Specialized Nutrition Support, also known as Artificial Nutrition and Hydration of patients or residents. Course objectives are: define specialized nutrition support, describe the normal nutritional needs of the body, identify the two types of specialized nutrition support commonly used in a healthcare environment, list the implications for initiation of specialized nutrition support, describe potential complications of specialized nutrition support, and apply ethical principles to specialized nutrition support. Course is approved for 2.5 CEUs/contact hours to Nurses (all states), Certified Case Managers (CCM), Certified Rehab Counselors (CRC), Social Workers (NASW), and CA Workers Comp Claims Adjusters. Must pass final quiz with 80% or more; may re-take as often as needed. Course will be updated or discontinued on or before July 31, 2019.