Blenderized Tube Feeding - Inpatient and Outpatient Perspectives
This continuing education course discusses guidelines for the use of home blenderized feeds in the adult and pediatric population.
Course content appeared as the CPE Monthly in the March 2024 edition of Today's Dietitian.
Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Describe the components of a blenderized feed.
- Evaluate whether a patient is an appropriate candidate for a blenderized feed.
- Examine the preparation, administration, and storage of a blenderized feed.
- Assess how to administer a blenderized feed in the acute care setting.
Additional Information
This course was written by Julia Driggers, RD, CSP, LDN, a clinical pediatric dietitian at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia specializing in gastroenterology and hepatology. She is a graduate of University of Maryland, College Park.
The faculty and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An "ineligible company" includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.
Available Credit
- 2.00 CDR