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Description
Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation MethodSuccessful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.Getting the Most out of the ActivityAs you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:
- Discuss how hospital readmission costs contribute to increased health care expenditures in the Medicare system.
- Describe the role of malnutrition screening and nutrition support in reducing readmissions and improving outcomes.
- Identify steps that can improve nutrition delivery during the transition from hospital to home setting.
- Summarize the evidence supporting an increase in the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for protein in older adults.
- Discuss limitations and concerns in the available data.
- Evaluate strategies for maximizing the benefit of dietary protein in older adults that focus on timing of intake, quality of protein, and supplementation of normal voluntary intake.
- State potential advantages of handgrip strength compared with other markers in the assessment of nutrition status.
- Identify concerns, including lack of validated cutoffs that signal malnutrition, which suggest that handgrip strength is not accurate enough for routine clinical use.
Disclosures
Dr. Sahyoun and Ms. Vaudin have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity. Mr. Lomangino has disclosed that he is a consultant to the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation and the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
Price:
$49.00
Credits:
- CDR 1.5 CPEU
- FCDN 1.5 CH
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), provider number LI001. Registered dietitians (RDs) will receive 1.5 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for successful completion of this program/material, CPE Level 2.
LWW is approved as a provider of continuing education for the Florida Council for Dietetics and Nutrition.
LWW is approved as a provider of continuing education for the Florida Council for Dietetics and Nutrition.
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Professions:
Other Health Professional
Test Code: CNI1013
Published: October 2013
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources:
Clinical Nutrition Insight
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Specialties:
Geriatrics