Book Tag: Core Curriculum

Package Includes

• ASPEN Pediatric Nutrition Support Core Curriculum, Third Edition (2024)
• ASPEN Adult Nutrition Support Core Curriculum, Fourth Edition (2025)

These newly revised reference books are essential resources for patient care.

ASPEN Adult Nutrition Support Core Curriculum, Fourth Edition Highlights

• Incorporates recent research and the latest evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, including those from ASPEN and ESPEN
• Practical scenarios that illustrate real-world clinical decision-making
• Updated disease-specific and population-related topics in clinical nutrition, including the optimal use of PN and EN
• An expanded chapter on ethics and legal principles as well as their application in practice
• The role of moral, cultural, and religious beliefs in nutrition therapies
• Improved and expanded coverage of micronutrients
• Over 300 informational images, including tables, figures, and exhibits

ASPEN Pediatric Nutrition Support Core Curriculum, Third Edition Highlights

• ASPEN Consensus Recommendations for Refeeding Syndrome
• New guidance for swallowing disorders from the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative
• Latest recommendations for treating patients with obesity
• Information on new cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator agents
• New glucagon-like peptide-2 analog agent approved for use in children with short bowel syndrome

Each chapter has learning objectives and “Test Your Knowledge” review questions, making both books great resources for studying for certification.

This essential reference covers the fundamental principles of clinical nutrition and metabolic support, as well as nutrition-related practice recommendations for adult patients. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of ASPEN, this fourth edition has been newly revised and updated by over 70 expert contributors to reflect the ways that the science and practice of clinical nutrition have evolved in the last half-century. 

Each chapter features updated learning objectives and review questions, making this volume an indispensable resource for both certification and general practice.

New or Updated Contents

• Incorporates recent research and the latest evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, including those from ASPEN and ESPEN
• Practical scenarios that illustrate real-world clinical decision-making
• Updated disease-specific and population-related topics in clinical nutrition, including the optimal use of PN and EN
• An expanded chapter on ethics and legal principles as well as their application in practice
• The role of moral, cultural, and religious beliefs in nutrition therapies
• Improved and expanded coverage of micronutrients
• Over 300 informational images, including tables, figures, and exhibits

See Table of Contents

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Editor-in-Chief 

Lingtak-Neander Chan, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Associate Editors

Vanessa J. Kumpf, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN; Linda M. Lord, NP, ACNP-BC, MSN, CNSC, FASPEN; Mary Marian, DCN, RDN, FAND, FASPEN; Mary S. McCarthy, PhD, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAAN; Stephen A. McClave, MD, PNS, FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAF; Sarah J. Miller, PharmD, MS, BCNSP, FASPEN; Jose M. Pimiento, MD, FACS; Kristen M. Roberts, PhD, RDN, LD, CNSC, FASPEN, FAND 

Publisher: ASPEN │ ISBN: 978-1-889622-58-3 │ Copyright: 2025 │ Pages: 1194 │Format: Paperback