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Dietician/nutrition clinicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners work together when a hospitalized patient has nutritional needs upon discharge. There is lack of comprehensive understanding of the process to get enteral feeds approved and authorized so that the patient can be discharged in a timely manner.
Target Audience
Nurse Practitioner
Physician Assistant
Dietician/Nutrition
Learning Objectives
Chartwell Lecture
- Identify barriers to Medicare insurance coverage for Home Enteral Nutrition
- Identify trends in home nutrition support
- Obtaining Non-invasive Enteral Access: Nasogastric Tube Insertion Simulation
- Describe indications and contraindications for performing nasogastric (NG) tube placement and the anatomical correlates.
- Demonstrate the procedure of NG tube placement including materials needed, chronological steps and post placement care.
- Identify complications associated with NG tube placement.
The Role of Malnutrition Screening Tools and Edema in NFPE
- Differentiate the various screening tools used to help diagnose malnutrition in hospitalized adults.
- Evaluate the four grades of edema and their impact on fluid status in hospitalized adults.
Diabetes Management: Clinical Review and Technology Updates
- Describe pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus.
- Outline and discuss available treatment options for type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Discuss benefits of new CGM technologies for the treatment and management of diabetes
Additional Information
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Dietician/nutrition clinicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners work together when a hospitalized patient has nutritional needs upon discharge. There is lack of comprehensive understanding of the process to get enteral feeds approved and authorized so that the patient can be discharged in a timely manner.
Julia Dubis, PA-C
Marilee Fritsch, RDN, LDN
Christina Davis, MPAS, PA-C, MBA
Tara McSwigan, MPAS, PA-C
Jamie Hammond, MS, MPAS, PA-C
Tracy Maluchnik, EdD, RDN, LDN
Rebecca Grecek MS, RD, LDN, CDCES
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 4.5 CME credit. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.5 contact hour.
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.
Available Credit
- 4.50 AAPA Category I CME
- 4.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.50 Attendance