Recorded Webinar: COVID-19 Considerations: The Impact on Inpatient and Outpatient MNT

Start
01 Jun 2021
11:59 PM
End
01 May 2023
Location
online

Registration

Member – $5.00
Members can view the webinar at a discounted rate of $5 (non-members are charged $10)
Non-member – $10.00
Non-Member Student – $5.00

COVID-19 Considerations: The Impact on Inpatient and Outpatient MNT

This recorded webinar is approved for 2 CEUs

Presentation Learning Objectives:

Review nutrition support considerations for critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure
Explain how inpatient assessments have changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic and describe adaptations for best practice.
Describe challenges for implementing nutrition interventions during a pandemic.
Describe considerations for virtual medical nutrition therapy.
Explain how nutrition counseling has changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Define basic procedures for developing a telehealth practice to include licensure and privacy protection and coding and billing specific to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Presenters:

Michelle Kozeniecki, MS, RD, CD, CNSC

Michelle is the Lead Clinical Dietitian at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has over 10 years' experience in critical care nutrition, providing exceptional care to patients in the medical ICU and transplant ICU, precepting dietetic interns, and teaching clinical nutrition to medical students, medical residents, pharmacists, and critical care fellows. Her main research interests revolve around the safety and tolerability of enteral nutrition in the unstable critically ill patient and she has published over a dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals. In addition to her clinical roles, Michelle has been an NFPE trainer with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics since 2015, she is past president of the Wisconsin Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and is an adjunct instructor for the graduate program in dietetics at Mount Mary University. She has received several awards including the 2016 Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award (WAND) and the 2020 Distinguished Nutrition Support Dietitian for Advanced Clinical Practice Award (ASPEN).

Bridget Wojciak, RDN, LD

Bridget is a graduate of Ohio State University’s Medical Dietetics program. She kicked off her career in high acuity long term care/skilled rehabilitation, learning the value of building trust and rapport with patients and the significance of preventative nutrition. Bridget brought these values to her role as an in-store dietitian providing medical nutrition therapy within the aisles of Kroger. In her current role as Director of Nutrition for The Kroger Co. she continues to elevate a dedication, educated, and personalized approach to eating and enjoying food to help people live healthier lives.

She serves as the nutrition subject matter expert for OptUP, a food scoring app to simplify healthier shopping, and manages the company’s registered dietitian team, providing national Telenutrition services. She is a writer for The Upside Blog and has been featured across Kroger's social media channels including Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. In 2018 Bridget received the Supermarket Dietitian of the Year award from the Produce for Better Health Foundation and in 2019 she was honored to receive the Recognized Young Dietitian Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Cost:

$5 for GCDA members, $10 for non-GCDA Members and $5 for non-GCDA Member Students

*Once registered for this webinar you will receive an email with the presentation recording, presentation slides, and your continuing education certificate*