Evidence-Based Nutrition for Wound Healing and Malnutrition- Part 2: New Insights into Malnutrition Assessment and Intervention

After completing this continuing education course the learner should be able to:

1. Outline recent evidence and recommendations for malnutrition assessment methodologies in acute care and long-term care settings.
2. Describe successful nutrition interventions in patients with nutrition risk or who are malnourished.
3. Summarize optimal transitions of nutrition care beyond the acute care setting.

This course is intended for: RDNs and NDTRs

Evidence-Based Nutrition for Wound Healing and Malnutrition- Part 2: New Insights into Malnutrition Assessment and Intervention awards 1.25 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program for the Live Webinar.

CDR Activity Number: 186516 Activity Type: Live Webinar 172

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Evidence-Based Nutrition for Wound Healing and Malnutrition- Part 2: New Insights into Malnutrition Assessment and Intervention awards 1.25 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program for the Enduring (recorded) Webinar. 

CDR Activity Number: 186517 Activity Type: Enduring Activity 741

Suggested Performance Indicators:

• 5.1.2 Interprets and integrates evidence-based research and literature in decision-making.
• 7.8.1 Masters and maintains current and evidence-based knowledge within subject areas.
• 11.2.1 Selects valid and reliable tools to conduct comprehensive nutrition assessment
• 11.3.9 Leads the implementation of nutrition interventions in collaboration with clients/patients and the interprofessional team

Note: Numerous other Performance Indicators may apply.

Ainsley Malone, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN

Ainsley Malone is currently a Clinical Practice Specialist with the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) where she works to support clinical practice activities for the organization.  In 2023 Ms. Malone retired from a 41-year career as a Nutrition Support Dietitian with the Mt. Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, USA, where she was involved in the management of patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition.  Ainsley is a global and national leader in malnutrition related activities having served as an author of the 2012 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/ASPEN Malnutrition Consensus Characteristics and the 2018 Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) consensus characteristics.  Ainsley also assists in leading malnutrition advocacy efforts across the United States.  She has served in multiple leadership positions including President of ASPEN in 2012-13 and in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics where she currently serves as Immediate Past Speaker of the House of Delegates and as a member the Board of Directors.

Disclosures: Ainsley discloses that she is a consultant for Abbott Nutrition Health Institute, however, she has confirmed no conflict of interest exists for this program.