KAND Meeting: Nutrition Focused Physical Exam

“Identifying Malnutrition: Using the Tool in Your Pocket – the Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam”

by Kathy Irwin, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC and Sarah Carter, MS, RD, LDN from Methodist Medical Center

Meeting

Knox County Public Defenders Office
1101 Liberty Street, Knoxville, TN
January 25, 2017
3:00-4:45 PM

Objectives

1. To describe the Academy/ASPEN clinical characteristics and guidelines for diagnosing malnutrition.
2. To explain the Nutrition-focused physical exam (NFPE) and why it is a necessary component to diagnosing malnutrition with the Academy/ASPEN clinical characteristics.
3. To describe the importance of identifying and properly diagnosing patients in the acute care hospital (nutritional interventions, discharge planning, financial impact).
4. To explain how the future of dietetics could be impacted with the NFPE as a tool in the dietitian’s pocket.