Gastrojejunal Awareness

This session is designed to provide learners with information about gastrojejunal devices, stoma care and different feeding methods. There will be time spent looking at trouble shooting.

The learner should first attend Gastrostomy Awareness including Blended Diet within the last 12 months prior to attending this session.

If the young person requires medication to be administered, the learner should also attend Medication Administration Awareness.

There are a minimum of two competency assessments required for this training. Learners are not deemed competent until they have completed both theory and practical elements. Competency assessments need to be booked at the learner’s venue with the child or young person present in order for the nurse assessors to observe the learner using the device. Competency assessments must be completed within three months of theory training.

Once competency assessments have been passed, the learner is considered competent to care for any child with a gastrojejunal device.

Please note: on receiving a referral for this training a nurse from the Training Team will contact the referrer to gain further details. Prior to completing this course, it is useful for learners to know what device the child or young person they are caring for has. Prior to competency assessments it is necessary for each setting to ensure they have a feeding care plan from a dietitian in place.

For guidance how to book this training session please visit our training information page.

 

Aims of the session

• To understand what a Gastrojejnual device is and why a child may need a Gastrojejunal device
• To know how to care for a child with a Gastrojejunal device

 

Objectives of the session

• To understand what a Gastrojejunal device and how it is different to a Gastrostomy
• To understand why a child may need a Gastrojejunal device
• To understand how to care for a child with a Gastrojejunal device
• To understand how to deal with problems with a Gastrojejunal device

 

Teaching and learning strategy

A variety of teaching and learning strategies will be facilitated during the theory sessions to include presentations, question and answer sessions, with practical demonstration.

 

Target audience

Anyone caring for a child or young person in a community setting who has a gastrostomy device in place.

 

Delivery format and duration

• Face to face: 20 minutes
• MST: 15 minutes
• Moodle: available for annual update

 

Update requirement

Annual update with one competency assessment (face to face with child).