Episode 54 – Megan Van Hoorn – Bonus Episode Pediatric Enteral Nutrition Q&A: Special Populations
In this bonus episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, Jen Smith and guest host Lisa Cooley continue the questions from the CPNP community with dietitian Megan Van Hoorn MS, RD, CSP, CD. Megan answers CPNP questions on special populations and pediatric enteral nutrition. As a reminder, Megan is a Senior Clinical Dietitian at Children’s Wisconsin and is a Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition through the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. She has 15 years of experience working in outpatient pediatric GI. She has cared for patients requiring enteral nutrition for many conditions, including tube dependence, pediatric feeding disorder, pediatric malnutrition, intestinal failure, and inflammatory bowel disease. Along with her colleagues, she helped publish “The registered dietitian nutritionist’s guide to homemade tube feeding” and has also helped develop the Enteral Nutrition training module at her institution.
Nutrition Pearls is supported by an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition.
Resources:
ASPEN Enteral Nutrition Resources: https://nutritioncare.org/clinical-resources/enteral-nutrition/
Oley Foundation: https://oley.org/
Produced by: Corey Irwin
NASPGHAN – Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals
