Course Code: REL-ACU-0-AGPNAD
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028
Learning Objectives:
Identify appropriate candidates for parenteral nutrition therapy.
Discuss the needed components of parenteral nutrition solutions.
Recall methods for reducing the complications associated with parenteral nutrition therapy.
Outline:
Section 1: Parenteral Nutrition Candidacy
Is Your Patient a Candidate for Parenteral Nutrition?
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 2: PN Solutions
Choosing a PN Solutions
Rate of Infusion
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 3: PN Complications
Minimizing Complications
Monitoring and Evaluation
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Writer: Meredith Moyers MS, RD, LDN
Meredith earned a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from The University of Akron and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from Eastern Michigan University. After completing her internship with The Detroit Medical Center, she began working in various academic medical centers in Ohio and North Carolina. She completed a Certificate of Training in Weight Management and Advanced Training in Metabolic Adaptations. She also holds the Google Project Management Professional Certification. During her tenure working in direct patient care, she was a certified specialist in oncology nutrition and founded an oncology teaching garden at the SECU Family House for patients and their families undergoing cancer treatment. Meredith has experience in providing nutrition therapy in both acute and ambulatory settings in areas of oncology, cardio-thoracic transplant, renal, and general medicine.
Subject Matter Expert: Sara Bliss, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP, BCCCP, FASPEN
Sara Bliss is a clinical pharmacist at the University of North Carolina Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC. She received her doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN, and completed both a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and PGY2 Nutrition Support Pharmacy Residency at the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Bliss is passionate about parenteral nutrition safety and mentoring pharmacy students and residents in the area of nutrition support pharmacy.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nursing Personnel; Nutrition and Dietetics Professionals; Pharmacists; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute, Hospitals: Critical Access (CAHs).
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.