Nutrition and Hydration

CPD approved


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Course Overview

This course will start by defining the various terms used when talking about nutrition and hydration in care environments, the basic elements of nutrition and eating a healthy balanced diet, identify the reasons why vulnerable people might suffer with dehydration and the tools you can use to identify people that are at risk of malnutrition and the steps you can take to deal with this condition.

If you are part of a team responsible for people’s nutrition and hydration, it’s important that you understand the terms that are being used, the nutritional requirements of the service users and the possible consequences of getting it wrong.

Course Content

This course has a required passrate of 70% and a duration of at least 65 minutes.

  1. The course structure
  2. Defining the Terms
  3. The Eatwell Plate
  4. Hydration
  5. Through-life Nutrition
  6. Malnutrition and Overnutrition
  7. The ‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’

System Requirements

An up-to-date web browser
Up to date video drivers and media players
Memory of at least 1Gb RAM
Broadband download speed of at least 3Mbps