A.S.P.E.N. Malnutrition Awareness Week
Malnutrition Awareness Week 2013
An important step toward effectively treating malnutrition is raising awareness about it, and A.S.P.E.N. has named September 23-27, 2013, “Malnutrition Awareness Week,” packed full of educational programming and resource dissemination to help clinicians understand this often poorly diagnosed condition.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Webinar – 1:00 – 2:30 pm eastern
Malnutrition in Hospitalized Patients: Analysis of National Data
Learning Objectives
- Identify the incidence of malnutrition in hospitalized pediatric patients.
- Describe the data concerning the effect malnutrition has on outcomes of hospitalized pediatric patients.
- Understand the limitations of the current data and the ongoing value of the new definition of pediatric malnutrition to guide future studies.
- Identify the extent to which adult malnutrition is coded in a national inpatient sample.
- Recognize the descriptive characteristics associated with ICD-9 adult malnutrition codes in a national inpatient sample.
- Discuss associated research and practice implications.
Faculty
Malnutrition Awareness Week Kick-off
Ainsley Malone MS, RD, LD, CNSC, Nutrition Support Dietitian, Nutrition Support Team, Pharmacy Department, Mt. Carmel West Hospital, Columbus, OH
Little Bitty Patients with a Little Bit of Data
Mark Corkins, MD, CNSC, SPR, FAAP, Division Chief Pediatric Gastroenterology, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN
Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults coded with Malnutrition
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, CNSC, Associate Professor, Doctoral Nursing Department, Nutrition Sciences Department, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Moderator
Jennifer Wooley, MS, RD, CNSC, Patient Food and Nutrition Services, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
UAN: 0216-0000-13-068-L04-P
Level: Intermediate
Registration
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Chat with the Experts – 1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern
Application and Practice of Malnutrition Characteristics in Pediatrics
Faculty
Beth Lyman, RN, MSN, Senior Program Coordinator for the Nutrition Support Team, Gastroenterology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Jessica Monczka, RD, LD/N, CNSC, Clinical Dietitian Specialist, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL
Moderator
Jennifer Wooley, MS, RD, CNSC, Patient Food and Nutrition Services, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Registration
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Webinar – 1:00 – 2:30 pm eastern
Malnutrition Screening and Assessment
Learning Objectives
- Identify components of a validated screening tool
- Describe current validated nutrition screening options in hospital and outpatient settings
- Discuss national survey data describing current practice
- Identify components of a comprehensive nutrition assessment
- Describe current practice tools used to categorize malnutrition
- Discuss etiology based definitions of malnutrition
Faculty
Nutrition Screening: Current Methods From Hospital to Home
Ron Stone, MBA, RD, LD/N, Assistant Manager, Nutrition Services, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Assessment of Malnutrition in Adult Patients
Michelle M. Romano, RD, CNSC, LD/N, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Divisions of Gastroenterology and Dietetics, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Moderator
Jennifer Wooley, MS, RD, CNSC, Patient Food and Nutrition Services, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
UAN: 0216-0000-13-069-L04-P
Level: Intermediate
Registration
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Chat with the Experts – 1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern
Application and Practice of Malnutrition Characteristics in Adults
Faculty
Kim Sabino, MS, RD, CNSC, Clinical Dietitian Critical Care, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, New Haven, CT
Susan Brantley, RD, CNSC, Coordinator, Metabolic Support Services, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
Moderator
Jennifer Wooley, MS, RD, CNSC, Patient Food and Nutrition Services, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Registration
Friday, September 27, 2013
Podcast
Alliance Paper including a series of Questions and Answers
Faculty
Ainsley Malone MS, RD, LD, CNSC, Nutrition Support Dietitian, Nutrition Support Team, Pharmacy Department, Mt. Carmel West Hospital, Columbus, OH
Recording coming soon!
A.S.P.E.N. Resources
Malnutrition Toolkit (member benefit): Looking for a one-stop shop of information about malnutrition? Look no further than A.S.P.E.N.’s website, where you will find the Malnutrition Toolkit, specifically developed with busy clinicians in mind and featuring practice resources, educational tools, links and videos, all packaged in a multi-media format that makes it easy for you to find exactly what you need. http://www.nutritioncare.org/Professional_Resources/Toolkits/Malnutrition_Toolkit/
- Adult Starvation and Disease-Related Malnutrition: A Proposal for Etiology-Based Diagnosis in the Clinical Practice Setting From the International Consensus Guideline Committee by Gordon L. Jensen, Jay Mirtallo, Charlene Compher, Rupinder Dhaliwal, Alastair Forbes, Rafael Figueredo Grijalba, Gil Hardy, Jens Kondrup, Demetre Labadarios, Ibolya Nyulasi, Juan Carlos Castillo Pineda, and Dan Waitzberg. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2010;34(2):156-159.
- Consensus Statement: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Characteristics Recommended for the Identification and Documentation of Adult Malnutrition (Undernutrition) by Jane V. White, Peggi Guenter, Gordon Jensen, Ainsley Malone, Marsha Schofield, Academy Malnutrition Work Group, A.S.P.E.N. Malnutrition Task Force, and the A.S.P.E.N. Board of Directors. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2012;36(3): 275-283.
- Adult Nutrition Assessment Tutorial by Gordon L. Jensen, Pao Ying Hsiao, and Dara Wheeler. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2012;36(3): 267-274.
- Clinical Guidelines: Nutrition Screening, Assessment, and Intervention in Adults by Charles Mueller; Charlene Compher, Mary Ellen Druyan, and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Board of Directors. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2011; 35 (1): 16-24.
- Malnutrition May Worsen the Prognosis of Critically Ill Children With Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia by Heitor Pons Leite, Lúcio Flávio Peixoto de Lima, Simone Brasil de Oliveira Iglesias, Juliana Cristina Pacheco, and Werther Brunow de Carvalho. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 0148607112458124, first published on August 28, 2012 as doi:10.1177/0148607112458124.