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Shattering 7 Myths about Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment

Guest blogger: Mary Litchford PHD, RDN, LDN Myth # 1: I’m too busy to learn how to do Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment (NFPA). Keeping clinical skills consistent with current standards…

Shattering 7 Myths about Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment

Guest blogger: Mary Litchford PHD, RDN, LDN Myth # 1: I’m too busy to learn how to do Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment…

Meeting the Challenge: Diabetes Management Strategies for an Aging Population

Guest blogger: Kathy Warwick, RD, CDE There is a big gray wave on the horizon and we need to prepare for the aging population. By the year 2030, one in…

Meeting the Challenge: Diabetes Management Strategies for an Aging Population

Guest blogger: Kathy Warwick, RD, CDE There is a big gray wave on the horizon and we need to prepare for the…

How Will the 2014 NPUAP/EPUAP/PPPIA Nutrition Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers Impact Your Practice?

Guest Blogger: Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND, Co-Chair Nutrition Guidelines Small Work Group In 2009, after a four year collaboration with the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP),…

How Will the 2014 NPUAP/EPUAP/PPPIA Nutrition Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers Impact Your Practice?

Guest Blogger: Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND, Co-Chair Nutrition Guidelines Small Work Group In 2009, after a four year collaboration…

Advancing Nutritional Care for Older Adults

Author(s): Becky Dorner, RDN, LD, FAND In the older adult population, the consequences of malnutrition can have a major impact on health, such as unintended weight loss, sarcopenia, frailty, and…

Advancing Nutritional Care for Older Adults

Author(s): Becky Dorner, RDN, LD, FAND In the older adult population, the consequences of malnutrition can have a major impact on health,…

Keeping Seniors Fit: How Health Care Professionals Can Assist Older Adults to Avoid Sarcopenia

Health care professionals who care for older adults can help prevent and treat Sarcopenia. Approximately 45% of the older adults in the U.S. are affected by sarcopenia, the progressive loss…

Keeping Seniors Fit: How Health Care Professionals Can Assist Older Adults to Avoid Sarcopenia

Health care professionals who care for older adults can help prevent and treat Sarcopenia. Approximately 45% of the older adults in the…

Dining Takes Center Stage in Health Care Communities

Health care communities are making person-centered dining programs the center of attraction! Nursing homes and assisted living facilities alike are embracing the concept of changing their internal culture from…

Dining Takes Center Stage in Health Care Communities

Health care communities are making person-centered dining programs the center of attraction! Nursing homes and assisted living facilities alike are embracing…

RDs Making a Difference in Haiti (Part 2)

It’s been a while since I last blogged about our efforts to assist the hospital in Port au Prince Haiti. The nurse we were working with has moved back to…

RDs Making a Difference in Haiti (Part 2)

It’s been a while since I last blogged about our efforts to assist the hospital in Port au Prince Haiti. The nurse…

Disaster Planning

Picture this: Disaster strikes… Your pre-prepared emergency plan is in place, your staff has been trained. But when the time comes the plan falls apart because emergency services can’t get…

Disaster Planning

Picture this: Disaster strikes… Your pre-prepared emergency plan is in place, your staff has been trained. But when the time comes the…

RDs Making a Difference: Nutrition Help for Haiti Hospital Patients

Despite the fact that it has been more than a year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, people there are still in desperate need of help. It’s amazing to realize…

RDs Making a Difference: Nutrition Help for Haiti Hospital Patients

Despite the fact that it has been more than a year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, people there are still in…

New Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D

The Institute of Medication (IOM) of the National Academies, Food and Nutrition Board released new recommendations for vitamin D and calcium on November 30, 2010. Health claims have been made forcancer…

New Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D

The Institute of Medication (IOM) of the National Academies, Food and Nutrition Board released new recommendations for vitamin D and calcium on November…

Sharpen Your Edge: Integrating NFPE & Lab Assessment – Webinar

Hot Topics in Long Term Care from ADA FNCE 2010

Hot Topics in Nutrition Care for Older Adults from ADA FNCE 2010 The American Dietetic Association (ADA) held its annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition (FNCE) in Boston November…

Hot Topics in Long Term Care from ADA FNCE 2010

Hot Topics in Nutrition Care for Older Adults from ADA FNCE 2010 The American Dietetic Association (ADA) held its annual Food and…

The MDS 3.0 is Here! Are you Ready?

The long awaited MDS 3.0 is finally here and all nursing homes must be ready to implement on October 1, 2010. That means a whole new process and many changes…

The MDS 3.0 is Here! Are you Ready?

The long awaited MDS 3.0 is finally here and all nursing homes must be ready to implement on October 1, 2010. That…

Becky Dorner Blog

Blog Posts written by Becky Dorner

Shattering 7 Myths about Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment

Shattering 7 Myths about Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment

Meeting the Challenge: Diabetes Management Strategies for an Aging Population

Meeting the Challenge: Diabetes Management Strategies for an Aging Population

How Will the 2014 NPUAP/EPUAP/PPPIA Nutrition Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers Impact Your Practice?

How Will the 2014 NPUAP/EPUAP/PPPIA Nutrition Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers Impact Your Practice?

Advancing Nutritional Care for Older Adults

Advancing Nutritional Care for Older Adults

Keeping Seniors Fit: How Health Care Professionals Can Assist Older Adults to Avoid Sarcopenia

Keeping Seniors Fit: How Health Care Professionals Can Assist Older Adults to Avoid Sarcopenia

Dining Takes Center Stage in Health Care Communities

Dining Takes Center Stage in Health Care Communities

RDs Making a Difference in Haiti (Part 2)

RDs Making a Difference in Haiti (Part 2)

Disaster Planning

Disaster Planning

RDs Making a Difference: Nutrition Help for Haiti Hospital Patients

RDs Making a Difference: Nutrition Help for Haiti Hospital Patients

New Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D

New Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D

Hot Topics in Long Term Care from ADA FNCE 2010

Hot Topics in Long Term Care from ADA FNCE 2010

The MDS 3.0 is Here! Are you Ready?

The MDS 3.0 is Here! Are you Ready?

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