Join the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) September 18–22, 2017 for the sixth annual Malnutrition Awareness Week™. The purpose of this week is to raise awareness among healthcare professionals to consider assessing and intervening earlier and for the public to realize that they need to ask about their nutrition status and advocate for optimal nutrition care as much as possible.
In 2009, ASPEN recognized a need for greater awareness of malnutrition, which is common in hospitalized patients in the United States and is associated with unfavorable outcomes including higher infection rates, poor wound healing, longer lengths of stay, and higher frequency of readmission. Not unexpectedly, these outcomes are associated with increased costs. In some studies, 30 to 50 percent of patients become malnourished, often during a hospital stay.
The 2017 week is scheduled to have five webinars:
- Improving Standardization of Oral Nutrition Supplemental Provision in Malnourished Patients
- A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Increasing Awareness of Enteral Nutrition in the Pediatric
Patient: A Provider and Parent Perspective
- On the Fast Track with the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol
- Approaching an ‘Audit’ with Accurate Documentation and Coding for Malnutrition Diagnosis
- Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (ECQMS): A Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative
Participants will receive continuing education credits for participating in the webinars.
ASPEN is accredited to provide medical, pharmacy, nursing and dietetic credits.
Visit the official Malnutrition Awareness Week site to register or for more information about the week.
ASGE has patient information and guidelines regarding enteral nutrition. Selected resources appear below. In addition, ASGE supports the role of all GI physicians in counseling patients about the importance of optimal nutrition based on their particular condition and health status.
Patient brochure on PEG
Guideline on the Role of Endoscopy in Enteral Feeding
CME activity on the Role of Endoscopy in Enteral Feeding
Video Tip on Placement of a Transnasal Nasojejunal Feeding Tube