Webinar - Parenteral Nutrition in the Acute Care Setting

Date

March 16 at 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST.

Contact

Contact Ainsley Malone, for details concerning this webinar.

Description

Patient safety is on everyone's lips these days. If you're caring for patients who are receiving parenteral nutrition, you'll need to be sure that you are utilizing best practices to ensure that patient safety is first and foremost at every step of the process, from nutrition assessment, diagnosing the problem, writing orders, and evaluating the efficacy of parenteral nutrition. Registrants will learn from a recognized expert:

• What to look for when completing nutrition assessments for patients who might need parenteral nutrition
• What are the nutrition problems that most often require parenteral nutrition
• Important considerations for writing the orders
• What are the acute complications and how to manage them

Speaker

Susan L Brantley, MS RD CNSD LDN
Join your colleagues in learning from Susan Brantley, MS, RD, CNSD, a nationally recognized expert with a wealth of experience in management of patients on parenteral nutrition. Susan is instrumental to the success of the nutrition support team at the University of Tennessee and has taught hundreds of dietetic interns, nurses, medical students and physicians techniques needed to care for very complex patients.