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Welcome to NS 335
Special Populations
Erin Hetrick, MS, RD, LDN
Seminar 1 - Outline
1.
Get to know each other
2. Briefly go over syllabus
3. Answer your questions
4. Discuss this Seminar’s topic
A little about me…
 Please call me Erin
 I have been married to my wonderful husband Mark for 8
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years
I have a 3 year old daughter, Hannah and 1 year old son,
Nathan
I have a Siberian Husky-Cassie, Lab-Boxer Mutt –Emmie
I live in Zebulon, North Carolina, 15 minutes from Raleigh,
North Carolina
I am a Registered Dietitian and work full-time in
hemodialysis.
My Family
Now – your turn
Get your typing fingers ready….
Tell us an interesting fact about
yourself!
Questions?
 I will try to put in questions? Slides throughout the
seminar power point.
 I can answer questions at any time.
 To get my attention – type just a ???
 As soon as I finish my thought, I will answer your
question.
 If you are still unclear – send me an email and I will get
to it right after seminar.
QUESTIONS
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Moving forward
 Let’s look at the syllabus
First, the basics
Here is my contact info:
• Kaplan Email Address: [email protected]
• AIM Instant Messenger Name: erinhetrickRD
• Seminar Days: EST: Thursdays at 9pm and Tuesdays at 7pm
 Remember – I’m always just an IM or email away.
Moving on!
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The files are in Doc Sharing.
If not or having problems, please email
me([email protected]) after seminar.
Course Description
• Studies in this course emphasize the nutrition and dietetic
considerations for individuals with special needs. The coursework
includes dietary and clinical assessment, designing appropriate
protocols for clients with chronic progressive degenerative diseases
as well as for special needs infants, children and elderly. The course
addresses the underlying principles of total parenteral nutrition
and nasogastric tube feeding.
• This is a very structured course, and the work you do in the
textbook is essential to your understanding, so be sure to cover it
thoroughly. The foundation that you build by learning the
principles in this course will be incredibly helpful to you as you
continue in your studies and as you begin your professional career.
Course Outcomes
Upon successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
 1. Design appropriate nutrition care plans for special populations.
 2. Develop dietetic and nutritional protocols for clients with chronic
progressive degenerative diseases.
 3. Design appropriate diets for infants and children with special
needs.
 4. Develop appropriate protocols for surgical and burn patients
 5. Summarize diet planning principles for clients with metabolic
disorders.
 6. Explain principles governing diet and nutrition protocols for
patients receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or nasogastric
tube feedings (TF).
Why do I need to know this?
 Having read the course outcomes, how will NS335
Special Populations, be important to your career?
QUESTIONS ???
Grading Distribution
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 9 Weekly Seminars
 9 Discussion Threads Weekly (40 points each)
 8 Quizzes (40 points each)
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360
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320
TOTAL: 1000 points
 3 Projects (2-100 points each, 1-120 points)
Discussion Grading
 Discussion Board Participation Rubric
 Students are expected to post:
 A Minimum of three posts per unit discussion
thread.
 One post in response to the instructor’s initial
question by EOD Saturday
 Two posts in response to two classmates or instructor
by EOD Tuesday, end of unit
When will I get my grades?
 All course projects submitted on time will be graded
within five days of their due date (the Sunday of the
following unit)
 Late work will be graded within five days of the
submission date
 Discussion board grades will be updated each week no
later than Sunday of the week following the Unit’s
completion.
My dog ate my homework…
Course Policies - Late Work Policy Extenuating Circumstances:
 Late work will not be accepted unless there are clear and
compelling extenuating circumstances. If you have extenuating
circumstances that prevent you from completing course
assignments/exams you must contact your instructor
immediately—prior to the assignment/exam/quiz due-date
unless prevented from doing so by emergency circumstances.
 Examples of extenuating circumstances are serious personal and/or
family illness/hospitalization, death in the family, weather-related
evacuation/emergencies, work emergencies, and issues related to active
military assignment. Personal computer/software/internet connectivity
issues and course blocks are not considered extenuating
circumstances.
 Granting of late-work submission due to extenuating circumstances is
at the discretion of the instructor and will require documentation
for verification of extenuating circumstances. If late work
submission is granted, the instructor will establish new due-dates and
requirements without loss of course points.
Projects
• You have 3 Projects
• A description of all projects & reports to be completed can
be found under each of the units in the course – Units 3,6,9
 Projects are due Tuesday 11:59 pm ET of their assigned Unit.
 All Projects must be submitted in APA format with
appropriate citations in text with reference page. If
you have any questions about this please refer to
Kaplan’s Writing Center or contact me.
 ALL PROJECTS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE DROP
BOX TO ENSURE CREDIT
QUESTIONS???
Referencing in the Discussions
 When you are posting to the discussion boards, please
remember to reference your material!
 If it is not a thought that comes straight from your
head, you must reference the source of your material
 Points will be deducted if material is not referenced
 We must give credit where credit is due 
Plagiarism – Don’t do it!
• Plagiarism - Using another person’s words, ideas, or results without giving
proper credit to that person; giving the impression that it is the student’s own
work
• Please read the syllabus regarding the specifics of plagarism
• Kaplan University subscribes to a third-party plagiarism detection service, and
reserves the right to check all student work to verify that it meets the
guidelines of this policy
• Penalties for Plagiarism:
• 1st offense: Failure of the assignment in which the action occurred.
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2nd offense: Failure of the class in which the action occurred.
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3rd offense: Expulsion or permanent dismissal from the University.
QUESTIONS???
DIET
THERAPY
Diet Therapy is the use of any diet
for restoring or maintaining optimal
nutritional status and body
homeostasis
This is accomplished by
modifying one or more of the
following aspects of the diet:
1) Basic nutrient (s)
2) Caloric contribution
3) Texture or consistency
4) Seasonings
What can affect
how a patient eats???
Routine Hospital Diets
 I will give you a description a typical hospital diet
 “Buzz in” by typing a # into the chat box.
 Wait until I call on you to type in your response.
 The first person to correctly identify the type of
assessment wins that question.
Name that Diet
 This diet permits tea, coffee or coffee
substitute, fat-free broth, fruit juice, ginger ale,
fruit juice, flavored gelatin, fruit ices, and water
gruels (strained and liquefied cooked cereals
are sometimes given)
Clear liquid diet
Name that Diet
 This diet changes the texture of foods. It is used for
clients who have difficulty swallowing. Example, those
with partial paralysis of the throat following a stroke
(CVA) or patients undergoing radiation treatment for
neck and throat cancers.
Dysphagia diet
Name that Diet
 This diet is limited to soft foods for those who have
difficulty chewing food because of missing teeth or
poorly fitting dentures
Mechanically Altered Diet
So give yourself a hand!
Alternative Feeding
Tube Feeding
Parenteral Feeding via Peripheral Vein
Parenteral Feeding by Central Vein
Tube Feeding
•Known as Enteral
Feeding.
•Used for patients
who have enough
functioning GI tract to
digest and absorb
food
Tubes of Tube Feeding Routes
 NG -Tube
 G-Tube
 J-Tube
Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition
-Can be known as PPN
-Nutrient fluids entering a
peripheral vein can be
saline with 5-10%
dextrose, amino acids,
electrolytes, vitamins,
and medications
-Appropriate when
enteral feedings are
contraindicated
Total Parenteral Nutrition
Total Parenteral Nutrition
 Used when a patient is severely depleted nutritionally
or if the GI tract cannot be used.
 Via a catheter (usually the subclavian to the superior
vena cava)
 Is a sterile mixture of glucose, amino acids, and
micronutrients
QUESTIONS???
Seminar 1 is Done!