CPEU/CEU: 15
NOTE: Course Expiration Date: 1/20/2029. You have until that date to complete your CPEU Evaluation or Webinar Feedback Survey for this course.

1.1.1 Participates and documents engagement in professional development activities to maintain and enhance competence.
1.1.5 Integrates new knowledge and skills into practice.
2.1.1 Applies cultural humility and competence, and consideration for social determinants of health in a variety of settings (e.g., health care, education, business) to show respect for individuals, groups and populations.
2.1.4 Applies knowledge of cultural foods, religious traditions, eating patterns, client values, and food and nutrition principles when developing nutrition and dietetics services to be comprehensive of all individuals in target population.
3.2.2 Delivers information in a respectful and professional manner.
3.2.3 Delivers accurate and credible messaging.
5.1.1 Demonstrates effective problem identification and solving as well as professional judgment to address needs.
5.1.2 Interprets and integrates evidence-based research and literature in decision making.
5.2.6 Integrates relevant information with previous learning, experience, professional knowledge, and current practice models.
5.2.8 Evaluates the effectiveness of plans and decisions and makes adjustments when needed.
7.1.2 Uses established guidelines to inform practice.
9.1.1 Interprets and applies the appropriate evidence-based literature and standards for determining nutritional needs of target audiences.
9.1.2 Integrates knowledge of biological, physical, and social sciences with knowledge of food and nutrition to make decisions related to nutrition care.
9.1.4 Integrates knowledge of macro- and micronutrients for digestion, absorption and metabolism throughout the lifespan in practice.
9.1.5 Demonstrates knowledge of nutrient requirements throughout the lifespan, and their role in health promotion and disease prevention.
9.2.1 Engages in educational activities to maintain knowledge and to obtain new knowledge of diseases and clinical conditions.
9.2.2 Keeps abreast of and incorporates current evidence-based practice related to the management of diseases and clinical conditions.
9.2.3 Seeks and analyzes new scientific information and how it impacts medical nutrition therapy.
9.2.4 Integrates new knowledge of disease states and clinical conditions into practice.
9.3.1 Discusses with clients and provides guidance on the Physical Activity (PA) Guidelines for Americans and the relationships between exercise, health, and disease prevention.
9.3.4 Assesses clients’ emotions toward nutrition-related statements or phenomenon, body image/preoccupation with food and weight, and readiness to change nutrition-related behaviors.
9.3.6 Demonstrates an understanding of the ways in which progressive exercise training influences nutrition needs to support positive metabolic, structural, and immunological adaptations.
9.3.7 Creates a nutrition care plan to match energy and other nutrient and fluid needs to maintain health, optimize performance and reduce the likelihood of negative exercise outcomes (e.g., overtraining, injury).
9.4.1 Gains an understanding of integrative and functional medicine models and interventions and how these models and interventions are applied to nutrition and dietetics service.
9.5.1 Plans and designs nutritionally sound meals, menus and meal plans that promote health and disease management and meet client needs.
9.5.4 Takes into consideration client/patient choices, beliefs, food sensitivities, allergies, and accessibility and affordability of food.
10.1.3 Identifies and analyzes factors that influence change in behaviors.
10.2.4 Collaborates with learners and colleagues to formulate specific, measurable and attainable objectives and goals.
10.4.3 Assesses and identifies the current knowledge, skills, and cultural influences of populations.
10.6.1 Assesses client/patient nutritional needs and appropriateness of the counseling.
10.6.2 Applies a variety of counseling theories, psychological methods and strategies that empower clients/patients to make changes.
10.6.3 Applies counseling principles and evidence-based practice when providing individual or group education.
10.6.6 Determines client/patient expectations and aspirations and manages situations wherein these expectations cannot be met.
10.6.8 Develops counseling or coaching goals in collaboration with clients.
10.6.11 Refers client/patient to appropriate professionals when counseling, therapy or mental health status is beyond competence and legislative scope of practice.
11.1.3 Analyzes nutrition screening results to determine risk for malnutrition and/or other nutrition-related problem(s).
11.2.2 Interviews clients/patients and reviews health records to collect information about medical history and food and nutrition intake.
11.2.3 Collects information related to client/patient use of medications, dietary supplements and integrative and functional medicines to identify potential adverse drug and nutrient interaction.
11.2.4 Assesses client/patient physical activity levels to determine nutrition requirements.
11.2.6 Collects and analyzes anthropometric and body composition data to contribute to nutrition diagnoses.
11.2.7 Performs calculations to determine nutritional requirements by identifying and utilizing patient-appropriate predictive equations.
11.2.8 Recommends and/or orders biochemical tests and analyzes results to provide evidence of a diagnoses and support plans of care.
11.2.9 Gathers and evaluates information that affects intake and nutrition and health status (e.g., behaviors, beliefs, knowledge, cultural, religious, ethnic, psychosocial, and social determinants of health) that influence nutrition and health.
11.2.15 Evaluate changes in measurable assessment data to communicate progress and/or resolution of nutrition diagnoses.
11.2.16 Compare and evaluate nutrition assessment data against appropriate standards and norms based on the client population, setting, and goals for care.
11.3.1 Establishes goals and desired outcomes in collaboration with clients/patients.
11.3.2 Determines factors impacting client/patient progress in meeting goals and resolving nutrition diagnoses; adjusts nutrition care plans accordingly.
11.3.3 Prioritizes specific nutrition problems to inform nutrition care plans and processes.
11.3.4 Selects interventions intended to resolve or improve nutrition diagnoses through addressing the causes and/or contributing factors.
11.3.5 Establishes and implements nutrition care plans, defining the time, frequency, and duration of interventions.
11.3.6 Develops nutrition prescriptions to communicate clients’/patients’ customized diet, considering client values and nutrition needs.
11.4.1 Identifies nutrition-related pharmacological agents and their actions on the body.
11.4.4 Considers client/patient factors, nutritional impacts, indications, side effects, contraindications, benefits, risks, alternatives and foundational sciences when prescribing, recommending or administering nutrition-related drug therapy.
11.4.7 Evaluates, educates and counsels on the interrelationship and impact of pharmacotherapy on nutrients.
11.5.1 Reevaluates and adjusts plans of care to support client/patient health goals.
11.5.2 Monitors and communicates factors and barriers affecting client/patient progress in meeting goals.
11.5.3 Adjusts interventions based on client/patient progress in meeting established goals and resolving nutrition diagnoses.
11.5.4 Establishes new goals and nutrition care plans when original or interim goals are met.