The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition

Level 1 & 2 & 3 CPE

Suggested Performance Indicators: 1.1.4, 2.2.4, 3.2.2, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.6, 4.2.7, 6.1.2, 6.1.9, 6.2.5, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.4, 8.2.1, 8.3.1, 8.3.7, 10.1.1, 10.2.4, 10.2.11, 10.3.2, 10.4.2, 10.4.4

CPE Type: 740 Online/Web-based

Upon successful completion, the users will be able to:

1. Identify the steps of the Nutrition Care Process and Nutrition Diagnosis.
2. Calculate the following: body mass index (BMI), ideal body weight (IBW), catch-up growth calories, and daily fluid intake for a person.
3. Describe five characteristics that can be used to diagnose adult malnutrition.
4. Discuss the recommended calories, protein, and weight gain for a healthy pregnancy.
5. Describe four nutrition and feeding guidelines for breastfeeding a full-term infant.
6. Identify the appropriate nutrition intervention for a child with the following: cancer with anorexia, lead poisoning, and BMI above the 90th percentile.
7. Identify two circumstances where an elderly person’s vitamin B12 level may be compromised.
8. Calculate a person’s carbohydrate infusion rate of their parenteral nutrition (PN) formula when the dextrose and amino acid quantities are known.
9. Explain three significant nutrition considerations with refeeding syndrome and PN.
10. Describe four nutrition guidelines typically used with bariatric patients.
11. Discuss three nutrition guidelines for oncology patients experiencing taste and appetite problems.
12. List four nutrition or lifestyle interventions proven to lower cardiovascular risk.
13. Identify the accepted fasting serum glucose levels for diagnosing the following: hypoglycemia, normal range, prediabetes, and diabetes.
14. Identify the recommended nutrition therapy for the following: acute flare up of diverticulitis, Crohn’s disease flare-up, acute pancreatitis, and intestinal resection surgery.
15. Calculate a patient’s carbohydrate and protein needs on hemodialysis (HD) and continuous ambulatory dialysis (CAPD).
16. Describe three nutrition guidelines for a person suffering from each: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure, and cystic fibrosis.