Courses

Improving Outcomes with Early, Individualized Nutrition Intervention: It's Worth the EFFORT

Program Date: 30 March 2020

Publication Date: 11 June 2020

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.25 CE; Dietitian 1.25 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Kelly Tappenden, PhD, RD, FASPEN, and Phillip Schuetz, MD, PhD, MPH, will summarize evidence on the benefits of early, individualized nutrition intervention in hospitalized patients; identify the impact of enteral nutrition on improving outcomes; and demonstrate strategies to incorporate evidence and guidelines for early, individualized nutrition intervention into clinical practice. Originally presented at the 2020 virtual ASPEN Conference.

Course Objectives
  • Summarize evidence on the benefits of early, individualized nutrition intervention in hospitalized patients.
  • Identify the impact of enteral nutrition on improving outcomes.
  • Demonstrate strategies to incorporate evidence and guidelines for early, individualized nutrition intervention into clinical practice.

Performance Indicators: 5.1.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.3

Activity Code: 185158

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Kelly Tappenden, PhD, RD, FASPEN

Professor and Department Head 
Department of Kinesiology & Nutrition 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
Chicago, IL, USA

Dr Kelly Tappenden is Professor and Head of the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr Tappenden’s research program focuses on intestinal failure, mechanisms of intestinal adaptation, and patient malnutrition. For these contributions, she has received multiple awards, published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, and delivered over 400 invited lectures. Dr Tappenden served as the 33rd President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition in 2008-09, Chair of the Nutrition, Metabolism, and Obesity section of the American Gastroenterology Association Institute from 2009-13 and represents the American Society for Nutrition on the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Currently, she is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

Philipp Schuetz, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine & Emergency Medicine  
Medical University Department  
Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse  
Aarau, Switzerland

Philipp Schuetz was born in Switzerland and is a board-certified internist and endocrinologist. He obtained a Master of Public Health (MPH) at the Harvard School of Public Health Boston while doing clinical research at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). He currently has a professorship from the Swiss National Foundation and works clinically at the Medical University department at the Kantonsspital Aarau in the emergency department and the Endocrine unit; and is in charge of clinical studies focusing on clinical nutrition (EFFORT), as well as on improved triage and management of patients throughout their hospital stay with the use of novel biomarkers.

Ainsley Malone, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN

Director, Nutrition Support Team
Mt Carmel West Hospital
Columbus, OH, USA

Ainsley Malone is currently a Clinical Practice Specialist with the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), an organization dedicated to safe, efficacious, and high-quality nutrition care. Ms. Malone is also a Dietitian member of the Nutrition Support Team at Mt. Carmel West Hospital in Columbus, Ohio where she is involved in the management of patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition. Ainsley is a leader in malnutrition-related activities both nationally and internationally. She served as a representative to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Malnutrition Workgroup and also served on the 2017- 2018 Ohio Malnutrition Prevention Commission whose charge was to address malnutrition in older adults across all Ohio settings.

Category

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.