Gastrostomy Care and PEG Training
📅 Duration: 3 hours (half-day)
🎓 Accreditation: ✅ CPD Accredited
👩⚕️ Audience: Registered Nurses and trained HCAs/support staff involved in gastrostomy and PEG care.
🏥 Format: Face-to-face delivery at your organisation
👥 Group Size: Up to 10 delegates
About Our Gastrostomy Care and PEG Training Course
Course Details:
Our Gastrostomy Care and PEG Training is a CPD-accredited, face-to-face course delivered by experienced Clinical Nurse Educators. Designed for Registered Nurses and trained HCAs/support staff, the training covers the safe care and management of PEG, gastrostomy, and nasogastric feeding tubes.
Participants will build confidence in providing safe gastrostomy care, develop theoretical knowledge of enteral feeding, and practise essential skills such as medication administration, stoma site care, and troubleshooting common complications. Training is delivered in line with NICE and RCN guidance to ensure best practice and patient safety.
With thousands of people in the UK living with long-term gastrostomy or PEG tubes, this course highlights the crucial role of effective care in infection prevention, patient safety, and maintaining nutritional health. Whether new to this area or seeking a skills update, participants will leave with the competence to apply safe, evidence-based practice in their clinical setting.
Learning Outcomes – Gastrostomy Care and PEG Training
By the end of this CPD-accredited course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Explain the indications and contraindications for PEG-gastrostomy.
- Outline the risks and benefits of PEG-gastrostomy.
- Apply the principles of enteral feeding safely in practice.
- Identify common complications and describe appropriate responses.
- Demonstrate safe PEG-gastrostomy care and management.
- Apply good hygiene and mouth care for patients with a gastrostomy tube..
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Why Choose Hickby?
👩⚕️ Nurse-led expertise
Delivered by experienced Clinical Nurse Educators with real-world practice.
🎓 CPD accredited
Assurance that training meets national professional standards.
📖 Evidence-based
Aligned with NICE, RCN, and NMC guidance for safe, effective care.
"The trainer was professional, knowledgeable, and engaging. The session was informative, well explained, and focused on the key details we needed."
Team Leader
Residential Care Home
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