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Nutrition 101 for Healthcare Providers: What You Need to Know for Patient Care
Activity Description
This course equips healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and practical tools to integrate nutrition into patient care. Participants will explore the critical role nutrition plays in disease prevention, management, and overall quality of life. The course highlights common challenges providers encounter when addressing nutrition with patients and emphasizes the need for foundational nutrition knowledge across all care disciplines. Through exploring communication frameworks, learners will develop strategies to engage patients in meaningful conversations about their eating habits and goals.
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
- Explain the role of nutrition in disease prevention, management, and quality of life
- Identify common barriers providers face when addressing nutrition with patients
- Recognize the importance of basic nutrition knowledge across care disciplines
- Apply strategies to effectively communicate with patients about their nutrition habits and goals
Speaker Information
Dana Quigley, RD, RDN is a registered dietitian with over 15 years of nutrition-focused experience across diverse settings, including inpatient rehabilitation, hospital environments, and long-term residential care. While grounded in clinical nutrition care, she is deeply passionate about preventive health and the role nutrition plays in long-term wellness. Dana is committed to helping clinicians build effective communication skills, particularly motivational interviewing, to better support people from all walks of life in making sustainable, positive lifestyle changes.
Disclosures
| Name | Role | Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships with Ineligible Company |
|---|---|---|
| Dana Quigley, RD, LD | Planner / Speaker | No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose |
| Kari Muskopf, MSOT, OTR/L | Planner | No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose |
| Christy Johnson, MSN, RN | Planner | No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose |
| Tessa Chesher, D.O., IMH-E | Planner | No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose |
| Jill Blewett, MS, RD, CDCES, CTTS | Independent Reviewer | No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose |
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education (Centene Institute) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. Centene Institute ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
None of the Centene Institute staff members have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Available Credit (Listed in Hours)
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.25 ANCC
- 1.25 Attendance/Participation
- 1.25 CDR
Since CE boards may have changes in requirements, it is the responsibility of the attendee to verify with their boards if they accept the CEs being offered.
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