Please note, if you have claimed credit for the session during the live virtual meeting or in the months after, you cannot also get CE for this recorded session.

Presented by: Ellen S. Aberegg, MA, LD, RDN, FAACVPR

The goal of this session is to empower attendees to utilize diet intake data effectively in CR. Summary guidance will be provided re: the most valid tools to use in CR and PR and the science behind that analysis. Pre-admission scores need to inform guidance in goal setting, counseling, and education. How scores are expected to change while in CR is an important component of goal setting. Guidance will be given on how to set realistic SMART goals as outlined in the Nutrition Chapter in the 2020 CR Guidelines. Possible criteria for referral to dietitian will be suggested as well ideas on how to optimize available dietitian time. Further, guidance will be given how to utilize pre and post scores in QI and optimize their use in the CR registry.

Learning Objectives

• Attendees will be able to use pro/con analysis in determining which tools are best suited for program needs.
• Attendees will be able to state what the diet intake evaluation scores mean and how to apply their value to CR ITP.
• Attendees will be able to state what factors are important when setting referral criteria to the dietitian.
• Attendees will be able to use criteria to evaluate pre and post diet intake values and be able to use in discharge planning and education.