Study Guide: Pocket Guide to Neonatal Nutrition, Third Edition

This continuing education activity, Pocket Guide to Neonatal Nutrition, Third Edition consists of the Pocket Guide of the same title by the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group and this study guide. This continuing education activity is designed to help you apply the information in the study guide to patient-based scenarios. It is also designed to help you earn 20 continuing education credits for dietetics (CDR CPEU).  

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will better be able to:

  1. Illustrate components of nutrition assessment to infants with various clinical conditions.
  2. Determine appropriate parenteral nutrition goals for preterm, late preterm, and term infants.
  3. Describe key aspects of nutrition therapy for infants with congenital heart disease.
  4. Discuss key components and benefits of human milk for enteral nutrition.
  5. Counsel clients on acceptable infant feeding substitutes for human milk based on the infant’s gestational age or clinical condition.

Additional Information

CDR Activity Type: 
102
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 20.00 CDR
Course opens: 
08/16/2024
Course expires: 
08/15/2027
Cost:
$185.95
Rating: 
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Patti H. Perks, MS, RDN, CNSC is a nutrition support specialist, providing infant nutrition care in Neonatal ICU’s for over 20 years, most recently at the University of Virginia (UVA) Children’s Hospital, a level IV quaternary referral center. She is a founding board member and past president of the Virginia Neonatal Nutrition Association, a nonprofit that provides education and networking opportunities for healthcare providers in infant and pediatric nutrition. Patti obtained her BS in Nutrition Science from Cornell University and her master's in nutrition from James Madison University. She completed her internship in Clinical Dietetics at the UVA Health System. Patti has been recognized by pediatric residents at UVA with the 2013 and 2016 Wahoo Team Player award in recognition of her teaching and mentorship in neonatal nutrition, and by the UVA Division of Neonatology in 2024 with the Patti Perks Nutrition Education Award.
 

Patti H. Perks, MS, RDN, CNSC, faculty for this activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

The planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients 

In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company (publisher of Wolf Rinke Associates) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).


RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Available Credit

  • 20.00 CDR

Price

Cost:
$185.95
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