Welcome To Nutrition Support Pharmacy

With additional tasks that we will be performing to accommodate our appointed role by BPS as we continue serving as the BCNSP CE Recertification Provider for the upcoming 7-year period, 2024-2030, along with the increase of inflation, since this is a 7-year commitment we will be increasing our annual subscription registration fee commencing on January 1, 2024.  Beginning on January 1, 2024 the price for the annual subscription will increase from $195 to $225.

ASPEN 2024 CONTENT:  We will once again provide BPS- approved CE credit for some of the sessions during the ASPEN24 Conference.  ASPEN will provide ACPE CE credit for these sessions being presented during the conference.  For anyone who participates in the conference and is interested in receiving BCNSP recertification credit for these sessions, the post-tests will be available on the BCNSP Recertification Website approximately 5-6 weeks following the conference.  An email message will be sent to notify you when the post-tests become available, so be sure to check your spam folder in case it ends up there.  In addition, we will be adding these sessions to our site as enduring programming during the summer months.  In this way, those of you that were unable to participate in the conference will still have access to these activities which will be BPS-approved and ACPE-accredited by Purdue.

To view the list of Nutrition Support Courses available on the portal click here.

Transition Plan for Recertification of Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacists

You can download the approved Continuing Education Transition Plan for all current Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacists (2009-2015) by clicking here.

The full recertification criteria from BPS can be found at this link.


News and Updates

Role of ultrasound in the nutritional assessment of critically ill patients.

This study examined the loss of mass and function in various muscles, and as we expected, the use of ultrasound began to be standardized in critically ill patients.

 

Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Mediates Beneficial Gut Microbiome Enrichment in Acute Severe Colitis.

This study investigates exclusive enteral nutrition-driven gut microbial alterations in patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis and examines their correlations with clinical parameters.

 

Enhanced exclusive enteral nutrition delivery during the first 7 days is associated with decreased 28-day mortality in critically ill patients with normal lactate level: a post hoc analysis of a multicenter randomized trial.

This study assesses the association between nutrition intake and 28-day mortality in critically ill patients receiving exclusive enteral nutrition.

 

Safety and Efficacy of Insulins in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Continuous Enteral Nutrition.

This study examined patients, some with known diabetes, hospitalized in critical care setting units in a single center who received continuous enteral nutrition.

 

An update on dietary therapies in paediatric Crohn's disease

Results of a literature update on original articles published from May 2022–November 2023, in the dietary management of pediatric Crohn's disease.