RESOURCES FOR CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS
Nutrition care is vital, particularly in patients with infections. Here are EN and PN resources to help clinicians care for patients.
FEATURED BOOKS:
Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Disorders Handbook, Second Edition. Updated guide on maintaining hydration and electrolyte balance. Includes diagnostic tests and therapeutic goals, critical tables and formulas, vital pediatric considerations, and instructive patient scenarios.
Parenteral Nutrition Handbook, Third Edition. Addresses PN order review, compounding, drug shortage management, as well as new chapters on competency, multi-chamber bags, and electronic health records.
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Includes lecture of the month and other learning opportunities available 24/7. Explore a variety of topics, some of which offer free CE credits.
Read select articles from JPEN and NCP and earn valuable CE credits. Free to members; nonmembers may access for a nominal fee.
ASPEN has developed several in depth training series on EN, PN, and Fluids and Electrolytes. Earn CE credit for completion of each series.
ASPEN’s Clinical Nutrition Webinar Series features distinguished faculty presenting on hot topics in nutrition support and clinical nutrition. Recordings from the live events are available.
If you missed the cutting-edge presentations from ASPEN’s annual conference you can purchase the recordings for individual sessions or the entire conference.
Podcasts and training videos provide information in a quick and easy to access manner.
The NSFC provides a comprehensive overview of nutrition support therapy. Recordings form the most recent NSFC are available.
Malnutrition Awareness Week™, helps bring awareness of this often poorly diagnosed condition through educational programming. Event recordings are available.
These documents are designed to assist practitioners in providing safe, efficacious nutrition care to patients.
ASPEN’s best program for assessing your personal knowledge base in nutrition support and clinical nutrition. Also, a great certification study resource.
“SmartPN” provides healthcare professionals with educational tools on the appropriate use of parenteral nutrition (PN) therapy.
Coming Soon! Make sure to check back often as ASPEN develops new online course offerings.
In support of improving patient care, The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a jointly accredited provider, ASPEN provides continuing education credits to dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, and physicians.
ASPEN is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Nursing, provider number CEP3970.
ASPEN's continuing education programs also offer AMA PRA Category 1™ Credits.
