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Cardiovascular Health, Regulations & Guidelines
Hypertension remains the most common and most modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and cognitive decline. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines recently published an updated guideline focused on the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of…
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Since 1993, Becky Dorner & Associates has provided CDR-approved continuing education programs and publications that empower healthcare professionals to deliver excellent care.
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Making a Difference: Mary Litchford, PhD, RDN, LDN, February 2016
What is your mission/vision? The mission of my professional career in dietetics and of my company, CASE Software & Books, is to reignite RDNs original passion for medical knowledge, to…
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What is your mission/vision? The mission of my professional career in dietetics and of my company, CASE Software & Books, is to…
The Great BMI Debate
One of my RDNs posed this question recently related to BMI levels for older adults: I’ve been seeing transfer notes from the hospital and other nursing homes with diet/nutrition histories…
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One of my RDNs posed this question recently related to BMI levels for older adults: I’ve been seeing transfer notes from the…
Nutrition for Alzheimer’s Disease
Most of us can say that our lives have been touched by Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia in some way, and with the aging of America, the number of people affected…
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Most of us can say that our lives have been touched by Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia in some way, and with the…
Making a Difference: Kathy Warwick, RDN, LDN, CDE, January 2016
What is your Mission/Vision? By 2030, 1 out of 5 Americans will be over the age of 65, and 1 out of 4 of these older adults will have diabetes.…
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What is your Mission/Vision? By 2030, 1 out of 5 Americans will be over the age of 65, and 1 out of…
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…
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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…
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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),…
Read MoreHow 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Picture this: Disaster strikes… Your pre-prepared emergency plan is in place, your staff has been trained. But when the time comes the…
Praise for Becky Dorner & Associates
It has been a longstanding recommendation to lose weight to help lower blood pressure. The required reading and the CPE course provide good evidence-based information to back our recommendations. The course will help professionals discuss different approaches for weight loss for all…
Obesity Hypertension: Prevention and Intervention Approaches Short Course
Mary (Marne) Keeler, RDN, LD
Every nutrition professional will likely encounter situations in which end of life care and palliative care decisions will be presented for consideration by the health care team. This crosses all settings including long term care, dialysis, acute care, etc. We each will…
Nutrition for Patients/Residents in Palliative Care Course
B. Burgin Ross, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
This self-study course provides a new and evidence-based perspective for the RDN or CDCES on the topic of weight loss and metabolism. Through a series of case study questions, course participants can take the information learned from the required reading and better…
Diet, Exercise, and Energy Metabolism Course
Stacey Phillips, MS, RD
The case studies are very reflective of actual day-to-day work in facilities. Coding Section K correctly requires thorough understanding of MDS-mandated interpretation of nutrition related events. This course provides opportunity for practice at the “nitty-gritty” level!
Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 RAI Manual v1.17 Course
Jane Bennett, MS, RDN, LD
This course will help reinforce the need for DSME and educate the dietitian/diabetes educator on critical factors to consider for implementing such programs. I think it’s an essential piece of reading and would make an excellent CPE program.
The Importance of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Casey Seiden, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES
The Long Term Care State Operations Manual is an invaluable resource that aides health care professionals navigate rules and regulations for providing person centered care in LTC. I highly recommend this course because it is excellent for the nutrition professional as it…
State Operations Manual Appendix PP- Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities Course
Jonathan Gonzalez, MS, RD, CSG, LD
Registered dietitian nutritionists will find this course invaluable in helping their patients make well informed decisions in today’s movement toward using complementary medicine. A timely topic that includes a well-organized resource of evidence based-information on supplement use, mechanism of action, adverse effects,…
Complementary Health Approaches and Diabetes Treatment Self-Study Course
Lisa Brown, RDN, LD, CDCES
Time-restricted eating and the variations of this eating pattern is a very timely topic and more research is being completed to see how this may influence chronic disease and weight loss. This course provides an evidence-based overview of the topic and then…
Time-Restricted Eating, Energy Intake, and Dietary Quality Self-Study course
Stacey Phillips, MS, RD
This self-study course uses the most current and comprehensive guide on the subject of food allergies for nutrition professionals. The material created to evaluate practitioners understanding of the content is an excellent Level II CPEU course!
Nutrition Management of Food Allergies Course
Eva Weston, RDN, LD, NBC-HWC
This self study course and required reading clearly identify the concern of low muscle mass and malnutrition in a wide variety of individuals. The exceptional presentation of this research information is vital for dietitians working in all areas of practice.
Assessing and Treating Low Muscle Mass and Malnutrition
Sue Linja, RDN, LD
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