Pediatrics

Description
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Nutrition Care handbook is a practice reference for professionals caring for the nutrition needs of children with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, gastrointestinal disorders, and other special health care needs. Ideal for practitioners in outpatient and community settings, Children with Special Health care Needs; Nutrition Care Handbook addresses:

    * Feeding problems related to oral-motor or behavioral difficulties
    * Growth differences
    * Nutrition assessment of children with special health care needs
    * Dietary modifications
    * Considerations for non-oral feeding
    * Fluid and bowel management
    * Community services for children with special health care needs

ISBN-10: 0880913460
ISBN-13: 978880913461
Format: Softcover, 166 pp
Publisher: American Dietetic Association
Pub date: 2004

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3050 Feeding, swallowing, dentition
5070 Pediatrics
5180 Developmental disorders
5200 Disordered eating
5220 Gastrointestinal disorders
5290 Metabolic disorders, Inborn errors
5390 Care planning, documentation, and evaluation
5410 Client protocols, clinical guidelines
5440 Enteral and parenteral nutrition support
5450 Feeding equipment
5460 Self-care management

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