Skills Lab
Date & Time:
March 23, 2025
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Format:
In Person
CE Credits:
2 Hours
UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-031-L99-P
Course level:
Basic/Intermediate
Pediatric Content
What You'll Learn
DESCRIPTION
This hands-on and interactive session addresses knowledge gaps for individuals who wish to delve deeper into challenges associated with pediatric nutrition support. Building on foundational knowledge, speakers will present information that provides the scaffolding to expand expertise through the discussion of complex clinical situations. Participants can move among stations covering a variety of topics that will help them create individualized nutrition support plans in challenging circumstances.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Prescribe parenteral nutrition (PN) for neonates in the face of clinical challenges of complex patients in the NICU.
- Discuss the indications for pediatric enteral formulas in complex clinical scenarios, the transition process, and strategies for shortage management.
- Summarize the characteristics, features, preparation, and possibility for contamination for human milk fortification and commercial high-calorie pediatric enteral formulas.
- Manage fluids, electrolytes, and nutritional needs in neonates.
- Identify central venous access devices (CVADs) commonly used with PN in pediatric patients.
- Identify enteral access devices (EADs) commonly used with enteral nutrition (EN) in pediatric patients.
- Identify common gastrostomy site skin complications and develop management strategies based on clinical evaluation.
- List the components of a nutrition focused physical exam (NFPE).
- Discuss the safety of the clinical practice of nutrition support prescribing, particularly during transitions of care, and ensure nutrition support ordering practices meet all federal, state, and local standards.
- Describe the interpretation of micronutrient monitoring with an emphasis on dosing for treatment and prevention of deficiencies.
- Evaluate muscle status changes in response to nutritional therapy utilizing point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in NFPE.
- Explain the advantages and challenges of the implementation of small-bore connectors to prevent enteral misconnections.
- Summarize the concepts of intestinal rehabilitation and the various methods used to facilitate reaching intestinal autonomy.
Topics & Presenters
Pediatric Enteral Nutrition: Choosing and Managing Appropriate Devices
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Director of Nutrition Support
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Neonatal Nutrition Challenges and Parenteral Nutrition Order Writing in the Face of Clinical Challenges
Advanced Patient Care Pharmacist
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Enteral Formulas: Not All Formulas Are Created Equal – Choosing Wisely in the Face of Medical Complexity
Clinical Dietitian Lead
Nemours Children’s Health
Choices in the Face of Challenges: Human Milk, Formulas, and Higher Calorie Preparations
Neonatal Registered Dietitian
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Choices in the Face of Challenges: Human Milk, Formulas, and Higher Calorie Preparations
Pediatric Registered Dietitian
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Nutrition Challenges in the First Week of Life and Neonatal Period: Integrating the Neonatal Malnutrition Guidelines Into Clinical Practice
Neonatal Nutritionist
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Central Venous Access Devices and Troubleshooting Recurrent Line Infections
Clinical Nursing Coordinator
Intestinal Rehab Program, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Gastrostomy Site Problems: Solving Clinical Challenges in Skin Management
Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Enteral Access Team, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Nutrition Focused Physical Examination
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Nutrition Focused Physical Examination
High School Student Volunteer
The Barstow School
The Transcription of the Infusion Pharmacy Label to an Inpatient Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition Ordering System
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Children's Mercy Kansas City
The Interpretation of Micronutrient Levels, Monitoring, Dosing, and Prevention of Deficiency
Clinical Dietitian
Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
The Use of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Nutrition Focused Physical Examination
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Dietitian
DanceBlue Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Kentucky Children’s Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Small-Bore Connectors: The Benefits, Indication, Design, Successful Transition, and Implementation
Executive Director
Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA)
Small-Bore Connectors: The Benefits, Indication, Design, Successful Transition, and Implementation
Nutrition Support Nurse Consultant
Private Practice
Small-Bore Connectors: The Benefits, Indication, Design, Successful Transition, and Implementation
Patient Advocate; ENFit Clinical Advisory Board Member
Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA)
The Art of Intestinal Rehabilitation: Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s During the Journey to Enteral Autonomy
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Moderators:
Ruba Abdelhadi
MD, CPNS, CNSC, NASPGHAN-FProfessor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Director of Nutrition Support
Children's Mercy Kansas City