Global Renal Nutrition Course for Dietitians: Module 1
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26 CPEU OVERVIEW
Global Renal Nutrition Course for Dietitians: Module 1 is organized by National Kidney Foundation (NKF).
Available From: 11/15/2023
Available Until: 11/15/2025
Course Description:
The goal of this program is to increase resources and renal nutrition education for healthcare providers that are treating patients with acute and chronic kidney disease.
Topics include:
• Factors Affecting Energy Expenditure and Energy Needs in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
• Energy metabolism and energy expenditure
• Protein and Amino Acids in Chronic Kidney Disease
• Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism and Needs in CKD and CKF
• Fat Metabolism in CKD and CKF
• Fat Metabolism in CKD and CFK: Application for Nutrition Therapy in Kidney Disease
• Carbohydrate Metabolism in CKD and CKF
• Carbohydrate Metabolism in CKD and CKF: Dietitian Perspective
• Sodium Physiology in the Normal State and in CKD and CKF
• Creating a Kidney Friendly Diet: Sodium
• Potassium Physiology in the Normal State and in CKD and ESRD
• Nutritional Management of Potassium
• Phosphorus Management in CKD
• A Dietitian's Approach to the Management of Dietary Phosphorus Intake in CKD Patients
• Bone Mineral Disorder in CKD
• Diet and Vitamin D
• Calcium in CKD
• Food Sources of Calcium
• Iron Metabolism in the Normal State and in Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure
• Vitamins and Other Minerals and Trace Elements
• The Gut Microbiome
• Gut-Oriented Approaches to Microbiota Modulation in CKD: Diet and Supplementation
• Use of Prebiotics and and Probiotics in CKD and CKF
• Appetite in CKD
• Nutrient Excesses, Toxicities and Deficiencies
• Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment and Prescription of Dietary Intake in CKD and CKF
• Basics of Acidosis
• The Value of Fruits, Vegetables and Fiber in CKD Management
ACCREDITATION & CREDITS
In support of improving patient care, the National Kidney Foundation is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Dietitian:
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Kidney Foundation is approved to offer dietitian continuing education by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Dietitians completing this course receive 26 enduring continuing education credits.
TARGET AUDIENCE
NephrologistsNutritionistsDietitianSPECIALITIES
NutritionNephrology
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