The Role of Nutrition in Pressure Injury Management in Patients with Diabetes
Program Date: 3 March 2024
Publication Date: 13 June 2024
Continuing Education Units: Nurse Contact: 1.0; Dietitian CPEU: 1.0
Course Description:
In this course, Joyce Black, PhD, RN, FAAN and Mary Litchford, PhD, RDN, LDN will identify evidence-based practices and nationally recognized guidelines for the management of pressure injuries (PIs) as they relate to patients with diabetes; list the key nutrition interventions associated with the management of PIs; review the role of SPIPP-Adult 2.0 in PI management and discuss how implementing nutrition-related protocols can improve patient outcomes. Originally presented live at the ASPEN 2024 Nutrition Science and Practice Conference on March 3, 2024.Course Objectives:
• Identify evidence-based practices and nationally recognized guidelines for the management of pressure injuries (Pls) as they relate to patients with diabetes.
• List the key nutrition interventions associated with the management of PIs and discuss how they specifically apply to patients with diabetes.
• Review the role of SPIPP-Adult 2.0 in PI management and discuss how implementing nutrition-related protocols can improve patient outcomes.
- CDR Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 8.1.1, 10.3.4
- Run Time: 53
Course Instructor Bio(s)
Mary Litchford, PhD, RDN, LDN
President, CASE Software & Books
Greensboro, NC, USA
Mary Litchford, PhD, RDN, LDN is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and consultant to health care providers. She received her PhD in human nutrition from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Her professional career has included clinical practice, university teaching, and business consulting. She is president of CASE Software & Books, a professional and educational resource company. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics and served on the Academy’s Evidence Analysis Work Groups on wound care and hydration. In 2018, she received the Academy’s Excellence in Practice Award for Consultation and Business Practice. She is currently the Immediate Past President of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and serves as one of the NPUAP representatives on the International Clinical Practice Guidelines Governance Group.
Joyce Black, PhD, RN, FAAN
Florence Niedfelt Professor of Nursing
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE, USA
Joyce Black, PhD, RN, FAAN, is President of the NPIAP. She is also a chaired professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Nursing, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, physical therapy, and pharmacy.
Ashley Bronston, MS, RDN, LDN
Program Manager, Healthcare Education
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute
Columbus, OH, USA
Ashley Bronston, MS, RDN, LDN, is a Program Manager at the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute, where she develops nutrition-focused continuing education programs for healthcare professionals. Notably, in 2017, Ashley was honored with the Innovators Achievement Award from the International Council on Active Aging for her work in creating and pilot-testing a nutrition-based fall prevention curriculum for older adults. She holds a Master’s degree in Medical Dietetics from The Ohio State University and a dual major Bachelor’s degree from Mansfield University in Dietetics and Sports Nutrition. During her time at OSU, she completed an advanced interdisciplinary leadership program focused on health promotion, prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Ashley currently serves as the President of the Ohio Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (OSPEN).
Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.
Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:
This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.
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