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NURSF - Nutrition Support Nurses Section Forum: Assessing Nutrition Risk in Acute and Critical Illness in Hospitalized Patients Across the Lifespan
Mar 19, 2021 3:15pm
‐ Mar 19, 2021 4:15pm
In this presentation, there will be an overview of assessment parameters necessary to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based risk assessment in acute and critically ill patients across the lifespan. Using an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, the speaker will address, through the use of case studies, the real and perceived barriers and challenges to delivery of optimal nutrition therapy in acutely ill patients.
Faculty Sharon Y. Irving, PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN Associate Professor of Pediatric Nursing University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
Neil Ead, MSN, CPNP, CNSC Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Surgery Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI
Learning Objectives:
Discuss key elements of nutrition assessment in hospitalized patients
Identify patients at increased risk for poor outcomes
Characterize the associations of nutrition status at a patient presentation of illness and patient outcomes
Speaker(s):
Neil
Ead,
MSN, CPNP, CNSC,
Nurse Practitioner,
University Surgical Associates, Providence, RI
Sharon
Y. Irving,
PhD, RN, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN,
Associate Professor,
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA