Self Instructional Learning Programs for Dietetics Professionals

Laboratory Assesment of Nutritional Status
RD Continuing Education

15 Continuing Education Credits

The program includes the following laboratory tests:

1. serum osmolality
2. serum sodium
3. serum potassium
4. serum glucose
5. serum albumin
6. serum transferrin
7. retinol-binding protein
8. prealbumin
9. serum iron

10. blood urea nitrogen
11. nitrogen balance
12. serum creatinine
13. creatinine clearance
14. creatinine height index
15. prothrombin time
16. hemoglobin, hematocrit
17. fibronection, C-reactive protein
18. total lymphocyte count

The information presented on each test includes:

• normal ranges
• purpose of each test
• effect on value imposed by nutritional status
• clinical conditions that alter value
• explanation of the physiology, biochemistry or metabolism behind the change
• usefulness of the value in nutritional assessment

The objectives of the program are to address the following:

1. Which laboratory tests have nutritional implications?
2. How do these values vary in various clinical conditions?
3. What are the nutritional implications of each test?
4. How can these values be used in determining nutritional support?

Case studies are provided throughout the program to give you practice in applying the information and check the knowledge you have gained.

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Presented by:
Jean Inman, MBA, RD, LD
The New England Center
for Nutrition Education
508-583-6117
FAX 508-583-8524
Email:jinman@inmanassoc.com or
jeaninman@comcast.net

ADA Approval

The Laboratory Assessment of Nutritional Status has been approved for fifteen (15) CEU's.

Medical Nutritional Therapy has been approved for nine (9) CEU's.

A Clinical Guide to the Nutritional Care of the Renal Patient has been approved for fifteen (15) CEU's.

Clinical Update has been approved for nine (9) CEU's.

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Laboratory Assesment of Nutritional Status RD Continuing Education