A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Increasing Awareness of Enteral Nutrition in the Pediatric Patient: A Provider and Parent Perspective

Title: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Increasing Awareness of Enteral Nutrition in the Pediatric Patient: A Provider and Parent Perspective 

CE credit available for dietitians, nurses, pharmacists and physicians Total Credit Hours: 1.5
On-Demand Activity Start Date: May 15, 2018
On-Demand Activity Expiration Date (all CE credit must be claimed by the expiration date): September 15, 2020

FACULTY AND TOPICS

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Increasing Awareness of Enteral Nutrition in the Pediatric Patient: A Provider and Parent Perspective Sarah Edwards, DO, CNSC
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

A Parent Perspective on Accepting Enteral Feeding
Tracy Nagy
Founder & Executive Director, Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation, Merrick, NY

MODERATOR
Jodi Wolff, MS, RDN, LD, FACN, FAACPDM
Pediatric Dietitian, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals Solon Health Center, Solon, OH

Format: Online as MP3 files and PDF Handouts

Lecture of the Month CE Activity Overall Goal:
This CE activity serves to promote the process of life-long learning for physicians, dietitians, pharmacists, and nurses who specialize in the sciences of clinical nutrition and metabolism.

Goal and Target Audience:
This educational activity is directed toward clinical nutrition and metabolism professionals and others who wish to update their knowledge of clinical nutrition and metabolism. By participating in this educational activity, the reader may expect to: 

• Acquire knowledge in the area of clinical nutrition and metabolism research
• Update or confirm your understanding of appropriate clinical nutrition and metabolism practices
• Identify further learning needs as they relate to the subject matter. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Define inadequate oral intake and provide examples of etiology in children 

2. Describe how inadequate oral intake can lead to malnutrition 

3. Explain the psychological dynamics involved for caregivers in deciding to initiate and discontinue enteral nutrition 

4. Describe how initiation and discontinuation of enteral nutrition has a greater success rate when completed with a multi-disciplinary feeding team 

Speaker Credentials and Affiliations:
Sarah Edwards, DO, CNSC
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

Tracy Nagy
Founder & Executive Director, Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation, Merrick, NY

Requirements for Successful Completion: To obtain CE credit for this activity, attendees must listen to the education recording, complete an online knowledge assessment for each education recording and achieve a score of 100%, and complete an online activity evaluation. All CE credit must be claimed prior to the expiration date. Note: successfully completing the posttest is required for nurses, pharmacists and physicians, not dietitians. Dietitians may claim credit for viewing/listening to the recording per CDR guidelines. 

Accreditation Statements/Continuing Education Credit: 

Nurses, Pharmacists, and Physicians
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.

ASPEN designates each enduring activity for a maximum of 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEU) per activity. All are knowledge activities.

ASPEN designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM per activity. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ASPEN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 3970. ACPE UAN: JA0002345-0000-18-070-H04-P

Dietitians
ASPEN, Provider Number AM005, is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR level 2. Dietitians may post comments on this program on www.cdrnet.org.

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Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
This on demand/enduring program is supported by a medical education grant from Abbott

Nutrition Commercial Relationships Disclosures and Conflicts of Interest (COI) of Speakers/Faculty
Nothing to disclose: Susan Brantley, Katherine Chessman, Shane Clack, Mary Petrea Cober, Andria Coleman, Caitlin Curtis, Allison Dostal, Maya Guggari, Nancy Hakel-Smith, Kyle Hampson, Jane Hughes, Katie Kelly, Salisa Lewis, Juvy Martillos, Biren Modi, Claudia Moscoso, Wing-Yan Ng, Ala Shaikhkhalil, Lingxia Sun, Ryan Hurt, Nilesh Meha

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