Thursday, September 29, 1200 – 1300 hours EDT
Evidence based improvements in nutrition care for hospital patients.
This presentation will provide an overview of the Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (INPAC), specifically highlighting key roles for nurses, physicians and dietitians. The evidence supporting Advanced Nutrition Care strategies such as use of oral nutritional supplements, including use of small volumes at time of medication administration, food based initiatives and dietetic counselling will be the focus. The evidence for dietetic counselling with and without supplementation post discharge will also be presented.
Speaker: Heather Keller, PhD, RD, Chair of the CMTF Advisory Board and Schlegel Research Chair Nutrition & Aging, Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging & Department of Kinesiology