LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this CPE activity you will be better able to:

• Apply components of nutrition assessment of infants with various clinical conditions;
  
• Evaluate growth using appropriate growth curves to characterize growth for various infant populations;
  
• Determine adequate and appropriate growth goals for infants;
  
• Apply principles of nutrition assessment and growth to formulate patient-focused nutrition interventions;
  
• Discuss limitations and use of biochemical assessment in infants pertinent to nutrition assessment and monitoring;
  
• Calculate enteral intakes from prescribed feeding regimens;
  
• Prescribe appropriate and recommended parenteral nutrition goals for preterm infants;
  
• Evaluate clinical conditions impacting parenteral nutritional needs and delivery;
  
• Recognize biochemical indicators that may warrant adjustment of the parenteral nutrition prescription;
  
• Identify risk factors for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and appropriate nutrition interventions to help prevent NEC, and used post-NEC;
  
• Discuss strategies for management of parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis;
  
• Recommend an appropriate method for cycling parenteral nutrition in infants;
  
• Discuss use of human milk in enteral nutrition;
  
• Evaluate variables affecting risk of metabolic bone disease in infants;
  
• Recommend options for fortification of human milk appropriate to the infant’s gestational age;
  
• Suggest acceptable infant feeding substitutes for human milk based on the infant’s clinical condition;
  
• Increase caloric concentrations of infant formula recipes;
  
• Evaluate potential nutrients of concern for infants with short bowel syndrome;
  
• Apply knowledge of nutrition assessment and nutrition support to infants with congenital heart disease, chronic lung disease, and gastroesophageal reflux; and
  
• Discuss essential components of discharge nutrition plans and follow-up for infants.