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Dietetics and Nutrition


Upskilling Practice: From Critical Care to Community Dietetics

An Interactive Half-Day Practicing Skill Sets
2009 Clinical Nutrition Seminar presented by the KU Department of Dietetics and Nutrition

Event Details

When:
Thurs. Nov. 12, 2009
12:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Where:
KU Medical Center
Kansas City, KS

Registration

$35 per person

$12 special rate for internship preceptors students, directors of didactic programs, retired KU faculty

• Current KU faculty, staff and students, KU Hospital employees are welcome to attend for free

Fee includes: seminar, certificate of competency and refreshment break

Register Now:
Download and Print
Registration Form
(Register by mail only.)

Continuing Professional Education Units

Registered Dietitians receive 3.5 contact hours upon program completion. Certificates of participation are available for subsequent education approval in other health care disciplines.

Skills Lab
Competency Sheet
(draft)
Parking in Olathe Blvd. Parking Garage
If you are unfamiliar with the KU Medical Center campus, please allow extra time.

Accommodations are available for persons with disabilities. To request disability accommodation, please contact Carol Wagner, Equal Opportunity/ Disability Specialist, at cwagner@kumc.edu or 913-588-7813 (TDD: 913-588-7963).

Sponsors






Specialists in Feeding Tube Placement Confirmation




More Information

Sharon Jones
(913) 588-5355

Enhance your portfolio and validate your practice ...

  1. Define goal-directed therapy for nutrition support patients
  2. Discuss emerging research on energy delivery in the intensive care unit
  3. Identify roles that energy and protein deficits may have in the ICU population
  4. Examine the role of enteral plus parenteral therapy in select populations
  5. Identify skills appropriate for an advanced practice dietitian
  6. Outline an obtainable competency in critical care for a selected skill
  7. Access guidelines for the critically ill and other resources to aid in advancing their personal practice

Agenda: Thursday, November 12, 2009


12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

Registration, Exhibits & Skills Lab

Complimentary Beverages will be available for registrants
Ground Floor Atrium and Room G013 Auditorium
School of Nursing Building, KU Medical Center campus



1:00 – 1:15 p.m.

Welcome & Acknowledgements

Debra K. Sullivan, PhD, RD, Associate Professor
Chair, KU Department of Dietetics and Nutrition



1:15 – 2:30 p.m.

Advanced Practice in the Clinical Setting?
YES WE CAN!!! [view the presentation as PDF]

Beth Taylor, MS, RD, CNSD, FCCM
Nutrition Support Specialist
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Article: Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient (PDF)

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Skills Lab & Exhibits

A dozen skill building activities from continuous glucose monitor instructions to insulin pump starts; from indirect calorimetry to feeding tube placement;
Society for Critical Care Medicine & ASPEN Guidelines for the Critically Ill

Facilitators from the KU Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, The University of Kansas Hospital Department of Clinical Nutrition, Kansas City Dietetic Association, Kansas Dietetic Association Foundation, industry partners and the University of Kansas students

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Emerging Trends in Parenteral Nutrition

Mary Hise, PhD, RD, CNSD
Director, Medical Affairs
IV Therapy, Nutrition
Baxter Healthcare

Lunch
A recruitment program and lunch for prospective students will be held 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Room G013, School of Nursing Bldg.

CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT

KU Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Mail Stop 4013
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160

email: dietetics@kumc.edu
Tel: (913) 588-5355
Fax: (913) 588-8946
TDD: (913) 588-7963

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