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A.S.P.E.N.’s Nutrition Support Review Course provides an overview of nutrition support therapy that can be used as a tool for helping you identify personal knowledge gaps. Whether you are preparing for a certification examination or seeking additional professional growth, recognizing these knowledge gaps allows you to use your professional development time and energy more effectively. The Nutrition Support Review Course divides topics into core subjects, areas of major emphasis for practice and the certification examinations, and specialty subjects. This course will include a broad overview of the core subjects including GI physiology, nutrition assessment, parenteral nutrition, and enteral nutrition. The review of specialty areas, such as pediatric nutrition support, home care, and fluid and electrolytes, is intended to hit the highlights of the subject. Don’t miss this invaluable review of nutrition support therapy!
Objectives:
Assess personal knowledge of nutrition support and identify areas requiring further study for the nutrition support specialty certification examination or other professional growth
Review core nutrition support topics including GI physiology, nutrition assessment, parenteral nutrition, and enteral nutrition
Highlight specialty areas of nutrition support such as pediatric nutrition support, home care, and drug-nutrient interactions
Donald Kirby, MD, FACP, FACN, FACG, AGAF, CNSC, CPNS, FASPEN
Director, Center for Human Nutrition; Medical Director, Intestinal Transplant; Professor of Medicine, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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