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Program Date: 31 July 2019
Program Date: 31 July 2019
Publication Date: 08 January 2019
Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU
This is part 2 of a 2-part course. In this part, Mary Litchford, PhD, RDN, LDN and Ashley Bronston, MS, RDN, LDN, will discuss how to evaluate micronutrient deficiencies in adult patients; summarize the types and stages of edema; review how to conduct a hand grip strength assessment; and demonstrate how to assess for micronutrient deficiencies and functional status.
Performance Indicators: 8.1.1, 10.1.3, 10.2.5, 10.2.6
Activity Code: 176215
President, CASE Software & Books
Greensboro, NC, USA
Mary Litchford, PhD, RDN, LDN, is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and consultant to health care providers. She received her PhD in human nutrition from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Her professional career has included clinical practice, university teaching, and business consulting. She is president of CASE Software & Books, a professional and educational resource company. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics and served on the Academy’s Evidence Analysis Work Groups on wound care and hydration. In 2018 she received the Academy’s Excellence in Practice Award for Consultation and Business Practice. She is currently the Immediate Past President of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and serves as one of the NPUAP representatives on the International Clinical Practice Guidelines Governance Group.
Program Manager, Healthcare Education
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute
Columbus, OH, USA
Ashley Bronston, MS, RDN, LDN, is a Program Manager at the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute, where she develops nutrition-focused continuing education programs for healthcare professionals. Notably, in 2017, Ashley was honored with the Innovators Achievement Award from the International Council on Active Aging for her work in creating and pilot-testing a nutrition-based fall prevention curriculum for older adults. She holds a Master’s degree in Medical Dietetics from The Ohio State University and a dual major Bachelor’s degree from Mansfield University in Dietetics and Sports Nutrition. During her time at OSU, she completed an advanced interdisciplinary leadership program focused on health promotion, prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Ashley currently serves as the President of the Ohio Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (OSPEN).
Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.
Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:
This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.
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