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Good Tubes Gone Bad: Management & Prevention of Common Tube Site Complications

Program Date: 08 May 2024

Publication Date: 08 May 2024

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Cynthia Reddick, RD, CNSC, will describe the normal healing and stoma maturation process after the initial placement of a gastrostomy tube; identify three potential stoma site complications of gastrostomy tubes at home; describe interventions and solutions to common minor stoma site complications; and describe strategies and best practice techniques for preventing common minor stoma site complications.

Course Objectives
  • Describe the normal healing and stoma maturation process after the initial placement of a gastrostomy tube. 
  • Identify three potential stoma site complications of gastrostomy tubes at home. 
  • Describe interventions and solutions to common minor stoma site complications. 
  • Describe strategies and best practice techniques for preventing common minor stoma site complications.

Performance Indicators: 4.1.1, 4.2.7, 8.2.1

Activity Code: 183308

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Cynthia Reddick, RD, CNSC

Consultant 
Home Tube Feeding Expert, Educator, and Strategist

Cynthia is a home tube feeding expert, educator, and strategist, having worked at homecare for 23 years, passionately facilitating patients’ successful transition from hospital to home on tube feeding. She works to promote positive clinical outcomes and believes a patient’s positive relationship with their feeding tube impacts compliance and quality of life. She developed her passion for nutrition support by interning at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Southern California. Most recently, she worked for Coram/CVS Specialty Infusion Services as their National Tube Feeding Manager. Today, she is a consultant in home tube feeding and enteral innovation. She enjoys presenting round tables, clinical posters, webinars, and case studies on home care tube feeding. She has been a guest speaker for the Oley Foundation, CMSA, NHIA, ASPEN, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on a variety of topics related to home tube feeding.

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CE CPEU Adult Inpatient Nutrition

Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:

Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.

Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:

This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.