Clinical Pediatric Nutrition Course for Dietitians

Clinical Pediatric Nutrition Course for Dietitians is organized by ContinuingEducation.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.

Release Date:- May 01, 2019
Course Termination/Update Date: Nov, 30 2020

Accreditation:
This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12.00 CPEU.

Conference Description :
The pediatric hospitalist wants to begin nasogastric tube feedings on an infant newly diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome, dehydration, and unplanned weight loss. She seeks your advice, but your main knowledge base is adult oncology. Where can you find quick, accurate guidelines to help complete this nutrition assessment appropriately? Many dietetics practitioners have little experience working with pediatric patients beyond a short rotation within a dietetic internship. Without up-to-date knowledge, RDNs may mistakenly use outdated growth charts and assessment techniques, or provide inaccurate medical nutrition therapy recommendations. RDNs must have the proper knowledge base to assess pediatric patients appropriately and accurately.

Conference Objectives are :
• Increase awareness of the proper tools and methods for evaluating growth in children with special healthcare needs.
• Demonstrate how to properly measure mid-arm circumference, triceps, and subscapular fat folds in children.
• Compare and contrast different calorie recommendations for children with special healthcare needs.
• Calculate energy needs for catch-up-growth in a child with failure to thrive.
• Increase awareness of the various charts available for children with special healthcare needs and how to access them.
• Classify severity of malnutrition according to updated the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition guidelines.
• Explain how to increase formula concentration for an infant who is not gaining weight.
• Use knowledge regarding premature infants to select appropriate nutrient goals.
• Describe the differences in commercial formulas for term infants and those for premature infants.
• Define the effects of malabsorption on the nutrient needs of a child with cystic fibrosis.
• Identify intervention strategies for children with failure to thrive.
• Evaluate growth anomalies seen in children with fetal alcohol syndrome.
• Describe appropriate intervention strategies for children with Prader-Willi syndrome.
• List the major nutritional concerns for a child with spina bifida.
• Analyze the diet and the biochemical indicators of a child with renal disease and make appropriate recommendations.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.