Indications for Starting Enteral Nutrition: A Case Approach

Title: Indications for Starting Enteral Nutrition: A Case Approach
CE credit available for dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, and physicians
Total Credit Hours: 1
On-Demand Activity Start Date: November 1, 2021
On-Demand Activity Expiration Date (all CE credit must be claimed by the expiration date): December 31, 2021

FACULTY AND TOPICS
When to Initiate Enteral Feedings in Mild Pancreatitis And Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Matthew Bechtold, MD, FACP, FASGE, FACG, AGAF
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Evidence-Based Guidelines for Starting Enteral Nutrition in the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient
Krystie Nelson, RD, LN, AP, CNSC
Registered Dietitian, Intensive Care Unit, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT

Indications and Barriers to Initiating Nutrition Support in Head and Neck Cancer
Cristina Swartz, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC
Clinical Oncology Dietitian; Northwestern Medicine Warrenville Cancer Center, Warrenville, IL

MODERATOR
Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN
Nutrition Support Dietitian, Nutrition Department, Mt. Carmel East Hospital, Columbus, OH; Clinical Practice Specialist, ASPEN, Silver Spring, MD

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. Detail indications and timing of enteral feeding in mild pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel disease
2. Identify clinical monitoring parameters to assess safe use of enteral nutrition in hemodynamically unstable patients
3. Identify guidelines for using feeding tubes in patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer
   
   

Speaker Credentials and Affiliations:
Matthew Bechtold, MD, FACP, FASGE, FACG, AGAF
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Krystie Nelson, RD, LN, AP, CNSC
Registered Dietitian, Intensive Care Unit, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT

Cristina Swartz, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC
Clinical Oncology Dietitian; Northwestern Medicine Warrenville Cancer Center, Warrenville, IL

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. This program is approved for RDs, RDNs and DTRs under Activity Type 175 in accordance with CDR guidelines. RDs and RDNs may claim up to 30 CPEUs under this CPE Activity Type in a recertification cycle; DTRs may claim up to 20 CPEUS. For additional information, please click here.

Pharmacists must provide their NABP e-PID and birthday (MMDD) when claiming credit to enable ASPEN to upload credit claimed to the CPE monitor. Failure to provide accurate information by the expiration date for claiming CE credit can result in an inability for the earned credit to be uploaded to the CPE monitor and thus not appear in the pharmacist’s NABP profile. Detailed information is available here: https://www.nutritioncare.org/Continuing_Education/Claim_CE_Credit/Continuing_Education_Credit/.

Accreditation Statements/Continuing Education Credit:

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

Pharmacists: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1 contact hour/0.1 CEU. ACPE UAN: JA0002345-0000-21-081-H04-P

Nurses: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1 nursing contact hour. ASPEN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 3970.

Dietitians: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 CPEUs.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

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Commercial Relationships Disclosures and Conflicts of Interest (COI) of Speakers/Faculty

In relation to the topic being presented.

Nothing to disclose: Ajanta Raman, Amir Kamel, Blair Brown, Carolyn Newbertry, Chris Messenger, Christopher Konczyk, Claudia Maza, Colette LaSalle, Danielle Revoyr, Donna Barnett, Emily Pacetti, Erin Shepherd, Hanna Piper, Harlan Husted, Holly Guzman, Jaime Avila, Jane Hughes, Johnathan Voss, Jong Lee, Julianne Harcombe, Juvy Martillos-Sy, Karrie Derenski, Kristine Stewart, Kyle Hampson, Leslie Goudarzi, Michelle Miller, Neha Shah, Patricia Becker, Peter Lopez, RPenee Bellanger, Rhone Levin, Sandra Mayol-Kreiser, Sarah Cogle, Teresa Pounds, William O. San Pablo Jr., Wing Yan (Venus) Ng

ASPEN staff have no commercial relationships to disclose.