IC Ethics Section Forum: Parenteral Nutrition in the Adult Palliative Care Patient – Complexities of Quality and Quantity of Life (ICESF)

Section Forum

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

12:45 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Format:

In Person

CE Credits:

1.0 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-094-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Apply best clinical practices aligned with evidenced-based medicine (EBM) to improve practice gaps for the adult patient on PN in the palliative care setting.
  • Describe how to implement bioethical concepts into clinical practice by reviewing case studies to help navigate ethical dilemmas and difficult conversations.
  • Modify the PN prescription to ensure an appropriate formulation consistent with treatment goals that will mitigate complications, and not increase symptom burden.
  • Describe the clinician’s role throughout transitions of care for the patient on PN in palliative care to include end of life.
  • Describe how to develop and implement an ethical feeding task force at your facility.

Topics & Presenters

Albert Barrocas
MD, FACS, FASPEN

Physician

Atlanta, GA
Alison Evans
RD, LD, CNSC

Clinical Liaison- Nutrition Support Dietitian

Amerita Specialty Infusion

Atlanta, GA
Jaylin Staunton
MS, RD, LD, CNSC

Nutrition Support Dietitian

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, PA

Moderators:

Alison Evans

RD, LD, CNSC

Clinical Liaison- Nutrition Support Dietitian

Amerita Specialty Infusion

Atlanta, GA