Nutrition and Optimal Health Outcomes: Your Role in Educating and Empowering Patients – Mainpro+

By the end of this course, the learner will be able to:

Malnutrition

1. Identify the prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients
2. Describe the signs and consequences of malnutrition
3. Define the role that community healthcare professionals play in patient education and nutritional status before and after hospital admission

Diabetes and Nutrition

1. Identify the importance of nutrition in diabetes management
2. Define nutrition information, resources and management options available to patients with diabetes
3. Identify nutrition as part of a lifestyle intervention for patients with diabetes