EN/PN Guidelines and Tips
Tamra Recce EN/PN Guidelines and Tips The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN and the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) have recently came together to update the nutrition guidelines for critically ill patients. These updates effect the 2009 edition. The guidelines are intended for RD’s, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. The updates were made from current research on critically ill patients. The main focus of the updates are on adult patients expected to stay in the IC for more than 48-72 hours. The guidelines also elaborate more on different conditions including organ failure, pancreatitis, surgical patients, and management of obese patients. The guidelines are intended to assist in making decisions based on the individuality of the patient’s needs. Some new information included in the guidelines include screening for nutrition risk with every ICU patient. The 2016 guidelines state that both the nutritional status and the disea...