Currents

Pediatric Currents: Screening for Malnutrition Risk in Pediatrics

Publication Date: 30 May 2019

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU

Course Description

In this article, Patricia Becker, MS, RDN, CSP, CNSC, will describe the value of screening children for malnutrition; define the terms nutrition screen and nutrition assessment and recognize the difference between the two; and identify four pediatric nutrition screening tools that have been clinically validated.

Course Objectives:
  • Describe the value of screening children for malnutrition.
  • Define the terms nutrition screen and nutrition assessment and recognize the difference between the two.
  • Identify four pediatric nutrition screening tools that have been clinically validated.

Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 6.2.3, 10.2.1

Activity Code: 178163

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Patricia Becker, MS, RDN, CSP, CNSC

Pediatric Nutrition Specialist 
Dayton, OH, USA

Patricia Becker is a board-certified specialist in pediatric nutrition and nutrition support. She has worked at Dayton Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and the University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital, among others. In addition, she is in private practice KidsRD.com as a pediatric dietitian, specializing in pediatric undernutrition.

Ms Becker served as chair of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence Analysis Library Pediatric Nutrition Screening Project. She is the author of the Pediatric Malnutrition section of the Pediatric Nutrition Care Manual. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/ASPEN Pediatric Malnutrition Work group and lead author of the Consensus statement for ASPEN/AND pediatric malnutrition. Ms Becker is an author of Identifying Malnutrition in Preterm and Neonatal Populations: Recommended Indicators.

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CE CPEU Pediatric Malnutrition

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Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.

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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.