EthicsLab Essentials – Feeding Tubes
Why would the question of whether to provide food and water to a patient come up at all? One might assume it is always helpful and never harmful to offer nutrition and hydration to patients. Is that accurate? When might it be appropriate or not appropriate? Our lead contributor in this episode is Alan Sanders, Vice President of Ethics Integration and Strategy at Trinity Health is in conversation with guests in this episode to explore a number of ethical issues related to providing nutrition and hydration to patients who cannot feed themselves.
After registration, participants pursuing CME credit must complete the following steps:
- Step 1: review and acknowledge the EthicsLab Essentials Disclaimer and complete pre-test to evaluate participant knowledge before listening to the podcast episode
- Step 2: listen to the EthicsLab Essentials podcast episode
- Step 3: complete post test to evaluate participant knowledge gained after listening to the podcast episode
- Step 4: complete evaluation
Once all steps have been successfully completed, participants are issued PDF claiming instructions to obtain a certificate for submission to accreditation boards.
This educational activity targets the entire interprofessional team.