The First Nutrition Support for Pharmacists

Basic Clinical Nutrition Pharmacy:

• Nutrition introduction, oral nutrition and nutritional support formulas
• Enteral nutrition and Calculate nutritional requirements.
• Parenteral nutrition background (macronutrients and micronutrients)
• parenteral nutrition cases and calculations.
• IV order of mixing for parenteral order and practices.
  

By the end of this training / course participants will be able to:
At the end of this rotation, trainee should be able to:

1. Identify the difference between the nutritional support formulas available in hospital
2. Calculate nutritional requirements. (osmolality, calories need and fluid volume)
3. Identify nutritional intervention in cases of renal and hepatic dysfunction
4. Determine the importance of clinical nutrition for cancer patients.
5. Calculate doses for enteral nutrition.
6. Monitor enteral and parenteral nutrition
7. Identify the difference between enteral and parenteral nutrition
8. Identify appropriate formulae for nutritional support
9. Do parenteral nutrition calculations
10. Identify drug nutrient interaction
11. Determine the daily calories from oral intake. Define the aseptic technique
12. Understand the ISO classification of clean room
13. Illustrate the stability and compatibility of IV medications
14. Use and apply the standards in the USP 797&800
15. Understand the TPN ordering
    

1week (3 days clinical nutrition and 2 days TPN preparation)

All pharmacy students and Fresh graduates

In order to receive your certificate, you have to attend not less than 70%
• Students must attend 70% of each onsite to receive certificate “Completion of Pre & post assessment and program survey
• Hard copy for 100 Egyptian Pounds
• Soft copy for free