ENTERAL NUTRITION: GUIDELINES AND BEYOND
This is a great opportunity to sharpen your enteral nutrition skills and expertise with critical patients. We will deep dive into the with the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN ) guidelines for six medical conditions. We will apply the guidelines in two case studies.
Upon successful completion of this one-hour course, the participant should be able to:
- Discuss updated guidelines for Enteral Nutrition for six different disease states.
- Understand short term – Long term placement of all Enteral Nutrition routes.
- Review tube feeding placement by Registered Dietitians.
- Go over 2 Case Studies.
- List patient and medical professional resources.
Live Event Date:
Apr 15, 2025
Expiration Date:
Apr 24, 2028
Performance Indicators/Learning Objectives: 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 11.2.15, 11.5.1
Target Audience: RDs, DTRs, Health Professionals
Total Cost:
1 Site Credit
About the Presenter: Barbara Truitt, MS, RDN, LDN
Barbara currently teaches online nutrition courses for Rasmussen University and is a Renal Dietitian for two DaVita Clinics. Barbara started with DaVita in Feb 2023. She is responsible for all patient education as well as review of monthly labs and daily fluid reports. Before this, Barbara was the Clinical Coordinator for Keiser University where she placed students in their supervised practice sites. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. She is a contributor to two publications, the first one Food Folklore: Tales and Truths About What We Eat, and You Can’t just Eat a Cheeseburger which is a true story about a young woman who struggled with an eating disorder. Before academia, Barbara worked in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, dual diagnosis centers and had her own private practice.
