Pediatric Skills Lab (SU36)

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

session objectives:

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

Ruba Abdelhadi
MD, CPNS, CNSC, NASPGHAN-F

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Director of Nutrition Support

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

Pediatric Enteral Nutrition: Choosing and Managing Appropriate Devices

Richard J. Hendrickson
MD, FACS, FAAP

Professor of Surgery

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Surgical Director, Small Intestine Rehabilitation; Surgical Director, Prenatal Consultation

Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

Neonatal Nutrition Challenges and Parenteral Nutrition Order Writing in the Face of Clinical Challenges

Teresa Puthoff
PharmD, BCNSP

Advanced Patient Care Pharmacist

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Columbus, OH

Pediatric Enteral Formulas: Not All Formulas Are Created Equal – Choosing Wisely in the Face of Medical Complexity

Elizabeth Bobo
MS, RD, LDN, CNSC

Clinical Dietitian Lead

Nemours Children’s Health

Jacksonville, FL

Choices in the Face of Challenges: Human Milk, Formulas, and Higher Calorie Preparations

Irmalis Flores Gonzalez
RD, LD, MS

Registered Dietitian

Division of Nutrition Therapy, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Choices in the Face of Challenges: Human Milk, Formulas, and Higher Calorie Preparations

Anna Busenburg
RD, LD, CSP, CLC

Clinical NICU Dietitian

Division of Nutrition Therapy, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Fluid, Electrolyte, and Nutrition Challenges in the First Week of Life and Neonatal Period: Integrating the Neonatal Malnutrition Guidelines Into Clinical Practice

Jacqueline Wessel
MEd, RDN, CNSC, CSP, CLE

Neonatal Surgical Nutritionist

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Central Venous Access Devices and Troubleshooting Recurrent Line Infections

Patrice Czerkawski
RN, BSN

Clinical Nursing Coordinator

Intestinal Rehab Program, Children's Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

Gastrostomy Site Problems: Solving Clinical Challenges in Skin Management

Melissa Naugle
RN, BSN

Clinical Nurse Coordinator

Enteral Access Team, Children's Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

Nutrition Focused Physical Examination

Sirine Belaid
MBBS, MPH, Med

Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Nutrition Focused Physical Examination

Meera Al-Rajabi

High School Student Volunteer

The Barstow School

Kansas City, MO

The Transcription of the Infusion Pharmacy Label to an Inpatient Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition Ordering System

Brandi Weller
PharmD, BCNSP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

The Interpretation of Micronutrient Levels, Monitoring, Dosing, and Prevention of Deficiency

Michele Spurlock
RD

Clinical Dietitian

Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Norfolk, VA

The Use of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Nutrition Focused Physical Examination

Corey Hawes
DCN, RD, CNSC, CSO, LD

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Dietitian

DanceBlue Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Clinical Assistant Professor

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Lexington, KY

Small-Bore Connectors: The Benefits, Indication, Design, Successful Transition, and Implementation

Ben Davis

Executive Director

Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA)

Woodstock, GA

Small-Bore Connectors: The Benefits, Indication, Design, Successful Transition, and Implementation

Beth Lyman
MSN, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAAN

Nutrition Support Nurse Consultant

Private Practice

Kansas City, MO

Small-Bore Connectors: The Benefits, Indication, Design, Successful Transition, and Implementation

Molly Yeselson

Patient Advocate; ENFit Clinical Advisory Board Member

Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA)

Washington, DC

The Art of Intestinal Rehabilitation: Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s During the Journey to Enteral Autonomy

Vikram Raghu
MD, MS

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

Pittsburgh, PA

Moderators:

Ruba Abdelhadi

MD, CPNS, CNSC, NASPGHAN-F

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Director of Nutrition Support

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO