Accreditation Information

In support of improving patient care, University of Kentucky HealthCare CECentral 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.

 

CME

This live activity is designated for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CPE

This knowledge-based activity will award 5 contact hours (0.500 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognize ACPE providers.

CDR

Dietetic credit has been applied for and is pending approval.

Needs Statement

This education is needed to provide participants with the most up to date information on BPD nutrition management in neonates, growth assessment in preterm infants, update ASPEN guidelines for parenteral and enteral nutrition in neonates, managing NEC in preterm infants, and managing refeeding syndrome in the neonate.

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Clarify the methodology utilized in developing ASPEN’s guidelines for PN in preterm infants
2. Review data contributing to the recommendations regarding amino acid and lipid injectable emulsion prescribing for select preterm infant outcomes
3. Review the importance of body composition development in preterm infants
4. Describe methods and tools to obtain accurate anthropometric measurements in the NICU environment
5. Discuss the incorporation of ideal and enhanced anthropometric assessment into the nutritional care plan of the preterm infant
6. Describe the current understanding of the power of human milk and the pathophysiology of NEC
7. List the best evidence approaches to incorporating human milk in the NICU
8. Define the most reliable ways in which human milk can be hardwired into the culture of your unit
9. Identify the nutrition challenges of treating NICU infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD).
10. Discuss the importance of identifying the changing nutritional needs through the phases of the BPD journey.
11. Discuss the importance of linear growth in infants with BPD and nutritional ways to improve linear growth failure.
12. Review the primary outcome of the ProVIDe RCT, secondary cohort analyses of associations between hypophosphataemia/refeeding syndrome and neonatal clinical and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years corrected age
13. Identify implications for clinical nutrition practice

Target Audience

Physicians, Pharmacist, Registered Dieticians and anyone else on the healthcare team in the neonatal area.

Faculty Disclosure

All planners, speakers, authors, and reviewers involved with content development for continuing education activities provided by the University of Kentucky are expected to disclose any real or perceived conflict of interest related to the content of the activity. Detailed disclosures will be included in participant materials or given prior to the start of the activity.