Clinical Nutrition Screening & Support
Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Online
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Class hours
1h
By the end of the course the trainee will be able to: Recognise the importance and issues raised by Malnutrition. Understand the human consequences of Disease Related Malnutrition. Appreciate the healthcare consequences of Disease Related Malnutrition. Trace the evolution of Nutritional screening and key policy guidelines. Learn how to use the 'MUST' technique for nutritional screening. Suitable for: This interactive e-learning course is designed to enable personnel from the NHS and other healthcare organisations such as care homes and social care organisations to understand, recognise and treat Malnutrition.
About this course
The course is aimed at healthcare professionals
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Course programme
Nutrition Training & Support
Malnutrition is frequently undetected and untreated causing a wide range of adverse consequencies.1
1. Todorovic V, Russell C et al, (2003), The ‘MUST’ Explanatory Booklet: A Guide to the Malnutrition
Universal Screening Tool (‘MUST’) for adults. BAPEN, Redditch
How this course can help you:
More than 3 million people in the UK are either malnourished or undernourished. Malnutrition has been estimated by BAPEN as costing individuals, the health and care services and society as a whole in excess of £13 billion per year.
This BAPEN endorsed interactive e-learning course is designed to enable personnel from healthcare organisations to understand, recognise and treat Malnutrition. This course will be of interest to healthcare organisations that use the BAPEN ‘MUST’ tool * for patient screening. On completion of the assessment the trainee receives a Certificate with a score. The course is tailored to each organisation with a personalised introduction and the organisation’s logo.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course the trainee will be able to:
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Recognise the importance and issues raised by malnutrition/poor nutrition
Understand the adverse effects of malnutrition
Appreciate the healthcare and financial implications
Understand key policy guidelines
Use the BAPEN ‘MUST’ Tool for nutritional screening
Provide options for nutritional support
Benefits of the course:
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- Available 24 by 7 from any Internet connected PC**
- Easy and fun to use, even for staff not familiar with the use of computers
- Simplifies record keeping as to who has been trained and provides an evidence base for training records
- Frees up staff time for frontline duties
- Includes an assessment with case study type workshops and Certificate on satisfactory completion
- Can be used in parallel to existing face to face training
- Simple to set up and operate
* The ‘MUST’ Tool is owned by BAPEN ** PC requires Adobe Flash Reader V9 or later and connection to a printer
Clinical Nutrition Screening & Support