Transition of Parenteral Nutrition from Acute Care to Home Care

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This webinar was presented live on February 16, 2022.

A webinar discussing important information dietitians should know to help in the transition for patients from acute care to home on parenteral nutrition.

CPEU: 1.0
CPE Level: 2
Performance Indicators: 10.3.1, 10.3.3, 2.3.2

Learning Objectives

1. Review the management of the critically ill patient from acute care through discharge home on parenteral nutrition.
2. Relate the goals of providing nutrition support in acute care to the goals in home care
3. Discuss parenteral formulation issues related to acute care and home care patients
4. Discuss key items to be aware of for Medicare patients.
5. Identify the role of the nutrition support team, to include physician, dietitian, nurse, pharmacist and social worker and discharge planner in preventing and managing complications in long-term home enteral and parenteral nutrition patients.

Speaker

Erin Tiffany, RD, LDN, CNSC