CPD Approved

Nutrition and Hydration Course Description

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.

Duration: 65 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions)

Target Audience

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.

Advantages

This course is great for people who have an interest in health and wellbeing and could be integral to a career in sports.

Further Progression in Nutrition and Hydration

We offer other medical courses that would be perfect for someone who also has this course.

Module Number	Module Name	Pass % Required
1	The Course Structure	70
2	Defining the Terms	70
3	The Eatwell Plate	70
4	Hydration	70
5	Through-life Nutrition	70
6	Malnutrition and Overnutrition	70
7	The ‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’	70

Recommended System Requirements

Browser: Up to date web browser
Video: Up to date video drivers
Memory: 1Gb+ RAM
Download Speed: Broadband (3Mb+)