Volume 5, Issue 5: Improving Digestive Capabilities in Nutritionally Compromised Patients with CF

e-Cystic Fibrosis Review is a monthly CE series for nurses, nurse practitioners, and others involved in the care of patients with Cystic Fibrosis. It provides updates on the latest research, best practices, and issues currently under debate, as well as a concise review of relevant journal literature.

(Volume 5, Issue 5)

 

Target Audience

Nurses and health care professionals involved in the care of patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to: 

Correlate exocrine pancreatic insufficiency with its effects on nutritional status.
Describe strategies to improve nutritional status in patients with pancreatic insufficiency.
Identify patients with inadequate response to pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.

 

Additional information
Contact email: 
ijhn@jhmi.edu
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
Registration opens: 
03/17/2015
Registration closes: 
03/16/2017
Cost:
$0.00
Steven Freedman, MD, PhD
Chief of the Division of Translational Research
Director, the Pancreas Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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