Roundtables (RT2)

Discuss specific nutrition support topics during the Roundtables Session. Tables will be organized by topic and participants will have an opportunity to interact in small groups with members of the healthcare team. Each roundtable will have a faculty leader who will meet with groups for 25 minutes before participants are asked to move to another table for discussion on a different topic. Participants will have an opportunity to visit three tables during the session.

Enteral Nutrition Safety Practices in Pediatric Transplant (RT2-A) ^{PD, EN}

• Describe enteral nutrition safety recommendations for hang-time and how they might differ from manufacturer guidelines for hang-time.
• Identify common barriers to following enteral nutrition safety recommendations faced by patients who have received a solid organ transplant and their caregivers.
• Compare strategies used by patients and caregivers to overcome barriers to following enteral nutrition safety recommendations.

Ethics of Nutrition Support in Unclear Clinical Scenarios: POTS, MALS, MCAS, and EDS (RT2-B) ^PD

• Apply ethical frameworks to guide nutrition support decisions in patients with complex, overlapping conditions such as POTS, MCAS, MALS, and EDS.
• Identify practical strategies for interprofessional collaboration and shared decision-making when evidence for nutrition interventions is limited.
• Develop approaches to align nutrition support with patient-centered goals while minimizing harm and provider moral distress.

Nutrition Support in Hematologic Oncology: Optimizing Outcomes Through Clinical Care (RT2-C) ^{EN, PN}

• Identify nutrition support opportunities in patients experiencing treatment for hematological malignancy.
• Describe pharmacological options to maximize acceptability/feasibility/tolerance of nutrition support.

A Comprehensive Approach to Micronutrients in Home Parenteral Nutrition: Standardization, Challenges, and Opportunities for Improved Safety (RT2-D) ^PN

• Describe how standardized micronutrient-related processes can reduce operational burden, improve workflow efficiency, and support safer clinical decision-making for patients receiving home parenteral nutrition.

Our Experience Developing an Advanced Practice Provider as an Enteral Access Specialist in a Tertiary Academic Medical Center (RT2-E) ^EN

• Identify the benefits of the role of enteral access specialist.
• Describe organizational challenges associated with implementing an enteral access specialist role.
• Identify strategies to improve nutrition delivery in your institution.

Patients in the Wild: Beyond Critical or Acute Care as a Clinical Variable in Care Plans (RT2-F)

• Identify common gaps between inpatient-designed nutrition support plans and real-world home implementation.
• Discuss practical strategies to adapt or bridge care plans so they better align with patient and family capacity and daily life.

Water: A Vital Nutrient in Nutrition Support (RT2-G)

• Identify commonly used equations for estimating fluid requirements and their limitations in adults receiving nutrition support.
• Implement more precise strategies for determining fluid requirements and the importance of ongoing monitoring of fluid status.

Malnutrition and Wound Healing: Implementing the 2025 International Guidelines in Clinical Practice (RT2-H)

• Identify gaps and barriers in recognizing and addressing malnutrition in patients with wounds.
• Apply evidence-based recommendations from the 2025 International Wound Care Guidelines to clinical scenarios involving nutrition assessment and intervention.
• Develop practical, interprofessional strategies to integrate malnutrition screening, assessment, and intervention into wound care workflows to improve patient outcomes.

From Learners to Leaders: Cultivating Nutrition Support Expertise Through Education, Quality Improvement, and Research (RT2-I)

• Apply evidence-based strategies to engage members of the healthcare team in nutrition support-focused quality improvement and research initiatives that align with national guidelines and improve safety and clinical outcomes.
• Design a structured, competency-based nutrition support learning experience that integrates clinical practice, quality improvement, and scholarly activity and can be applied across disciplines and institutional settings.

Board Certification – Advancing Practice or Alphabet Soup? (RT2-J)

• Identify strategies for promoting and supporting specialty board certification within healthcare organizations to enhance professional development, interprofessional collaboration, and quality of care.
• Describe the evidence supporting the association between interprofessional specialty board certifications and improved clinician knowledge, adherence to evidence-based guidelines, and patient outcomes.

PD = Pediatric Content

EN = Enteral Nutrition Content

PN = Parenteral Nutrition Content