Nutritional Care of Anemia in Older Adults - MP4
Presented by Janet S. McKee, MS, RD, CSG, LD/N and Susan Tassinari, MS, RD, CSG, LD/N
Format: MP3 (listen online from your PC)
Anemia negatively affects the nutritional and health status of many of our older patients and residents in both acute and long-term care settings. Join us and learn how to recognize the laboratory parameters as well as the signs and symptoms of various anemias. Nutritional care of the various anemias will be discussed. Key components of the nutritional assessment of patients and residents with anemia will be discussed. This MP3 recording will provide the nutritional professional with tools to improve the nutritional status and outcomes of their residents and patients.
Upon completion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Recognize the impact of anemia on the older adult
2. List and define the mechanisms of anemia
3. List the symptoms of anemia
4. List and define the various types of anemia
5. Explain the differential diagnosis for each type of anemia
6. Give the treatments for each type of anemia
7. Define “iron overload”, its causes and symptoms
8. List the cautions related to diagnosing or treating anemia in the older adult
Course Hours: 2
CDR Learning Need Codes: 5230, 5280
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