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2024 National Nutrition Month

Friday, March 1 12:00 PM - Sunday, March 31 12:00 PM
Conferences from Other Organizations

Online
 
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
 
media@eatright.org
 
312-899-0040
 
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
 

National Nutrition Month® is an annual campaign established in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This year's theme is "Beyond the Table," which addresses the farm-to-fork aspect of nutrition. ASPEN is a proud ambassador of the 2024 National Nutrition Month.

Ohio Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Tuesday, April 23 12:00 PM - Tuesday, April 23 1:00 PM
Virtual
 
Ohio Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
 
OSPENChapter@gmail.com
 
301-587-6315
 
Ohio Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
 

The Ohio Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (OSPEN) Presents:
2024 Spring Nutrition Conference

Program:

  • 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm - Welcome and Opening Remarks – Vincent Vanek, MD, FACS, FASPEN
  • 12:05 pm -12:45 pm - Home Enteral Nutrition and Medicare Part B; Untangling the Coverage Criteria – Cynthia Reddick,
    RD, CNSC, Home Tube Feeding Expert, Educator, and Strategist, Sacramento, CA
    • Learning Objectives
      • Review Medicare part B coverage criteria for home enteral nutrition
      • Identify ‘reasonable and necessary’ requirements as detailed in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD)
      • List enteral formula product categories and which require additional justification for coverage
      • Review strategies for successful home enteral nutrition when Medicare guidelines for coverage are not met
  • 12:45 pm - 1:00pm - Question & Answer

Registration Fees:
OSPEN Member - $10.00
All Others - $15.00

PN Order Writing Workshop 2024 Session 1: Live May 9

Thursday, May 9 2:30 PM - Thursday, May 9 4:00 PM
Virtual
 
ASPEN Staff
 
aspen@nutritioncare.org
 
301-587-6315
 
ASPEN
 

Learn how to assess, initiate, and manage patients requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) in this hybrid continuing education course where participants learn independently through a series of videos and come together at a later date for live group case work with faculty experts via Zoom. This course is for all clinicians who care for patients needing parenteral nutrition.

The course capacity is limited to 100 participants for each session, so register early. This small class size will be optimal for hands-on learning with the course faculty to ensure each participant completes the course with improved skills in PN order writing.     

  

US and Canadian Course registrants will receive the ASPEN Parenteral Nutrition Workbook, 2nd Edition in both hard copy and ebook formats. The hard copy will be sent to the primary address listed on your profile.

International Course registrants will receive the ASPEN Parenteral Nutrition Workbook, 2nd Edition in the ebook format only.  

  

Two Identical sessions of the course will be offered over different dates. Session 1 will begin on April 9, 2024 with independent course work and have the live in-person case work on Thursday, May 9, 2024 from 2:30 – 4:00 pm ET.

LIVE IN-PERSON CASE WORK

May 9, 2024 from 2:30 – 4:00 pm ET 

Course participants, after completion of the online modules, will join faculty via Zoom for application of knowledge gained.  Faculty and course participants will work collaboratively on patient cases that involve PN.  Course participants will rotate between two breakout rooms to work on different cases.  Each breakout room case work will last for 45 minutes for a total of 90 minutes of live case work and collaboration.     

Rotation 1 will have breakout rooms focused on 

  • Adults 
  • Home PN 
  • Neonatal 

Rotation 2 will have breakout rooms focused on 

  • Adults 
  • Pediatrics 
  • Competencies 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  

  • Determine when parenteral nutrition (PN) is an appropriate nutrition intervention for a given patient
  • Create and write a PN prescription determining appropriate macro- and micronutrients according to the patient’s nutrition assessment including 
    • Initiation of PN 
    • Advancement to goal 
    • Adjustment of electrolytes based on abnormal patient laboratory values and use of medications 
    • Eventual weaning off PN  
  • Differentiate PN requirements based on patient age and clinical diagnosis 
  • Formulate a safe PN prescription accounting for compounding compatibility and stability limits  
  • Develop PN writing competencies for clinicians involved with prescribing, compounding, and administering PN  

FACULTY  

Mary Petrea Cober, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, FASPEN, Professor of Pharmacy Practice; Director of Workforce Development, Office of Student Success; Director of Professional Development, Office of Education, Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of pharmacy, Rootstown, OH

Jessica Monczka, RD, CNSC, Regional Nutrition Manager for Restore+ Nutrition Program, Option Care Health, Denver, CO    

Ainsley Malone, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN, Clinical Practice Specialist, ASPEN; Nutrition Support Dietitian, Mt. Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH    

Karrie Derenski, PharmD, BCNSP, BCCCP, CNSC, DPLA, FASPEN, Assistant Director of Pharmacy Op, Department of Pharmacy, CoxHeatlh, Springfield, MO  

  

CE Credit: 9 credits

Level: Basic/Intermediate  

Session 1 UAN:  JA0002345-0000-24-098-H99-P 

Wisconsin Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (WiSPEN)

Thursday, May 16 4:00 PM - Thursday, May 16 7:30 PM
ASPEN Chapter Events

Buck and Honey's - Sun Prairie
 
Wisconsin Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
 
mywispen@gmail.com
 
301-587-6315
 
Wisconsin Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (WiSPEN)
 

WiSPEN 2024 Spring Conference

Buck and Honey's - Sun Prairie
804 Liberty Blvd
Sun Prairie, WI 53590

2024 Dietitians in Nutrition Support Symposium

Friday, May 31 12:00 PM - Saturday, June 1 12:00 PM
Conferences from Other Organizations

Baltimore, MD
 
Dietitians in Nutrition Support
 
contactdnsdpg@gmail.com
 
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Dietitians in Nutrition Support
 

Dietitians in Nutrition Support, a practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is hosting its 2024 Symposium in Baltimore, MD, May 31-June 1 and is offering ASPEN Dietitians a 10% discount to attend (use code DNSASPEN2024). Topics for this year’s event include oncology nutrition support, indirect calorimetry, order writing privileges, the global malnutrition composite score and more. Click here for more information and here for the link to register.

PN Order Writing Workshop 2024 Session 2: Live August 8

Thursday, August 8 2:30 PM - Thursday, August 8 4:00 PM
Virtual
 
ASPEN Staff
 
aspen@nutritioncare.org
 
301-587-6315
 
ASPEN
 

Learn how to assess, initiate, and manage patients requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) in this hybrid continuing education course where participants learn independently through a series of videos and come together at a later date for live group case work with faculty experts via Zoom. This course is for all clinicians who care for patients needing parenteral nutrition.

The course capacity is limited to 100 participants for each session, so register early. This small class size will be optimal for hands-on learning with the course faculty to ensure each participant completes the course with improved skills in PN order writing.     

  

US and Canadian Course registrants will receive the ASPEN Parenteral Nutrition Workbook, 2nd Edition in both hard copy and ebook formats. The hard copy will be sent to the primary address listed on your profile.

International Course registrants will receive the ASPEN Parenteral Nutrition Workbook, 2nd Edition in the ebook format only.  

  

Two Identical sessions of the course will be offered over different dates. Session 2 will begin on July 8, 2024 with independent course work and have the live in-person case work on Thursday, August 8, 2024 from 2:30 – 4:00 pm ET.

LIVE IN-PERSON CASE WORK

August 8, 2024 from 2:30 – 4:00 pm ET 

Course participants, after completion of the online modules, will join faculty via Zoom for application of knowledge gained.  Faculty and course participants will work collaboratively on patient cases that involve PN.  Course participants will rotate between two breakout rooms to work on different cases.  Each breakout room case work will last for 45 minutes for a total of 90 minutes of live case work and collaboration.     

Rotation 1 will have breakout rooms focused on 

  • Adults 
  • Home PN 
  • Neonatal 

Rotation 2 will have breakout rooms focused on 

  • Adults 
  • Pediatrics 
  • Competencies 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  

  • Determine when parenteral nutrition (PN) is an appropriate nutrition intervention for a given patient
  • Create and write a PN prescription determining appropriate macro- and micronutrients according to the patient’s nutrition assessment including 
    • Initiation of PN 
    • Advancement to goal 
    • Adjustment of electrolytes based on abnormal patient laboratory values and use of medications 
    • Eventual weaning off PN  
  • Differentiate PN requirements based on patient age and clinical diagnosis 
  • Formulate a safe PN prescription accounting for compounding compatibility and stability limits  
  • Develop PN writing competencies for clinicians involved with prescribing, compounding, and administering PN  

FACULTY  

Mary Petrea Cober, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, FASPEN, Professor of Pharmacy Practice; Director of Workforce Development, Office of Student Success; Director of Professional Development, Office of Education, Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of pharmacy, Rootstown, OH

Jessica Monczka, RD, CNSC, Regional Nutrition Manager for Restore+ Nutrition Program, Option Care Health, Denver, CO    

Ainsley Malone, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN, Clinical Practice Specialist, ASPEN; Nutrition Support Dietitian, Mt. Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH    

Karrie Derenski, PharmD, BCNSP, BCCCP, CNSC, DPLA, FASPEN, Assistant Director of Pharmacy Op, Department of Pharmacy, CoxHeatlh, Springfield, MO  

  

CE Credit: 9 credits

Level: Basic/Intermediate  

Session 2 UAN:  JA0002345-0000-24-099-H99-P