Study Guide & Book: Pocket Guide to Bariatric Surgery, Third Edition

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This continuing education activity, Pocket Guide to Bariatric Surgery, Third Edition, consists of a pocket guide of the same title, edited by Kellene A. Isom, PhD, MS, RD, CAGS, and  Melissa C. Majumdar, MS, RD, CSOWM, LDN and this study guide.  

The activity is designed to help you counsel bariatric surgery patients, monitor progression after surgery, and manage complications. It is also designed to help you earn 20 continuing education credits for dietetics (CDR CPEU).  

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will be better able to: 

  1. Identify indications for metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS). 
  2. Describe the different types of weight loss surgeries. 
  3. Assess patient readiness for MBS. 
  4. Select appropriate nutrition diagnoses using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition Care Process. 

 

Additional Information

CDR Activity Type: 
102
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 20.00 CDR
Course opens: 
01/02/2025
Course expires: 
01/01/2028
Cost:
$185.95
Rating: 
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Kris M. Mogensen is a registered dietitian with a Master of Science degree in human nutrition from Framingham State University. She has over 30 years of experience in clinical nutrition and managing critically ill patients. She currently is a Team Leader Dietitian Specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Kris has co-authored numerous articles in professional journals, textbook chapters, and professional manuals and conducts research evaluating the impact of malnutrition on clinical outcomes in critically ill adult patients. She lectures nationally and internationally on nutrition support and medical nutrition therapy.  

Kris serves as the Secretary/Treasurer on the ASPEN Board of Directors and is past Chair of the ASPEN Malnutrition Committee and ASPEN Clinical Practice Committee. She serves as a peer reviewer for a number of journals including Nutrition in Clinical Practice and the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN). 

Disclosures:

Kris M. Mogensen, MS, RD-AP, LDN, CNSC, faculty for this activity, has the following relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose: she is an advisory board member for American Regent. All relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated. 

The planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

 

 

In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company (publisher of Wolf Rinke Associates) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).

RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Available Credit

  • 20.00 CDR

Price

Cost:
$185.95
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This continuing education activity includes a hard copy of the associated book and the accompanying study guide.