Say No to Obesity in Time of COVID-19: Part I

Behavior and obesity, review of prominent theories including Social-Cognitive, Theory of Planned Behavior, Cognitive-Behavioral, and the Transtheoretical Model. Understand their application and significance within Weight loss/Lifestyle interventions. The Transtheoretical Model is widely applied in weight loss/lifestyle interventions and segments individuals into one of five stages: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. COVID19 and consideration of quarantines effect on lifestyle and perspective.

Learning Objective:

Connect the pieces between individual parameters, thoughts, emotion, behavior, and environmental feedback mechanisms. Grasp the broader causation and behavioral processes related to obesity.

Identify an individual’s stage of change and tailor their intervention appropriately. Review strategies and techniques used to graduate an individual from one stage to the next.

Understand various nutrition counseling strategies, their underlying methodology, and how to apply them.

Understand appropriate communication with help to facilitate maximum change and maintain successful practice.

Registration deadline  Monday, July 6th, 2020.

Food Safety and Nutrition in the Time of COVID-19 – Part II

Session Dates & Times: Thursday, July 16, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm

Session Location: Virtual (Live Webinar via Zoom)

CE Credits: 3 hours (3 CEU) CDR

The impetus: The unprecedented way Covid-19 has impacted our lives…

Activity Overview

The goal of this three-hour webinar is to provide dietitians and nutritionists with knowledge and awareness of food-related issues stemming from the COVID pandemic. The webinar will address the regulations implemented to protect workers and consumers of the food industry. The webinar will also describe the additional challenges of obtaining food, and some positive consequences, arising from the response to limit the spread of COVID-19. Participants will begin to devise practical solutions for some of these challenges.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, the participants will be able to:

Outline the various regulations implemented to protect workers and consumers of the food industry and consider their ramifications.

Identify some of the additional challenges of obtaining safe and nutritious food during this pandemic, particularly for more vulnerable populations. Derive practical solutions to some of these challenges.

Outline some positive consequences to food safety arising from the response to limit COVID-19.

Registration deadline  Wednesday, July 15, 2020.

Food Safety and Nutrition in the Time of COVID-19 – Part I

Session Dates & Times: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm

Session Location: Virtual (Live Webinar via Zoom)

CE Credits: 3 hours (3 CEU) CDR

The impetus: The unprecedented way Covid-19 has impacted our lives…

Activity Overview

The goal of this three-hour webinar is to provide dietitians and nutritionists with knowledge and awareness of issues stemming from the COVID pandemic as it relates to food safety. The webinar will address the potential for contamination of food with COVID-19, within the food industry and at home, and present some methods of prevention. The webinar will also describe the negative effects COVID-19 has had on existing programs which monitor food safety.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, the participants will be able to:

  1. Identify how food can become contaminated with COVID-19 within the food industry and how this is being addressed.
  2. Specify some practical approaches for keeping food safe from COVID-19 at home.
  3. Recognize how food safety monitoring systems have been affected by COVID-19.

Registration deadline  Wednesday, July 8th, 2020.

Telehealth Diabetes Education: Unique Requirements and Challenges For The Dietitian and Nutritionist Part II

Telehealth presents a new set of challenges for the Dietitian. To be successful in this new environment new plans are needed before, during and after the Telehealth session. Strategies to address these new challenges will be explored.                              

Learning Objective : The Dietitian will be able to develop a set of instructions to help patients prepare for Telehealth education

Remote communication with a patient is a new skill for many Dietitians. Language and listening skills needed for Telehealth will be discussed                                

Learning Objective : For the Dietitian to develop two new skills to apply to Telehealth practice

Registration deadline  Wednesday, June 24th, 2020.

Telehealth Diabetes Education: Unique Requirements and Challenges For The Dietitian and Nutritionist Part I

The current pandemic has quickly changed the environment in which all medical care is provided from in-person to remote encounters. To better understand what is defined as Telehealth we will discuss current definitions, new requirements for documentation, coding, billing, reimbursements and strategies for the Dietitian to initiate effective diabetes education in this new landscape. Patient access to care and follow-up to care are ongoing challenges for Dietitians. We will explore how Telehealth improves and expands on the delivery of diabetes education.

 Learning Objective :

To explain the definition of Telehealth for the Dietitian vs Telemedicine

To describe requirements for Dietitians to practice Telehealth

To explain two advantage for the patient when receiving Telehealth education vs in-person education

Registration deadline  Monday, June 22nd, 2020. 

Medical Nutrition Therapy for Hypertension: Part II

Evaluate current diet interventions which support the reduction of blood pressure. Differentiate between several diets and review the benefits. Review of case study involving comorbid conditions and ways to prescribe diets for hypertension with or without comorbidities. Discuss ways of providing education at the bedside for heart healthy eating.

Learning Objective:

  • Differentiate between diets that are aimed to treat hypertension (DASH, Mediterranean, vegetarian/vegan, whole food plant based).
  • Effectively prescribe multilevel diets targeting hypertension and those with comorbidities. Comfortably create a heart healthy diet plan at the bedside.

Registration deadline Friday, July 10th, 2020. 

 

Medical Nutrition Therapy for Hypertension Part I

Review of causes and consequences of hypertension, and the rates of hypertension in the United States. Overview of the current recommendations per the American Heart Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Utilization of the Evidence Analysis Library to review current data sources.

Learning Objective:

Understand the pathophysiology/morbidity/mortality of hypertension.

Identify risk factors and complications associated with hypertension. Recognize the current recommendations for medical nutrition therapy by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Heart Association.

Registration deadline  Friday, June 19th, 2020.  

1199SEIU/City Fund LPN Course: “Implications of COVID-19 for the Health Care Professional: PTSD””

These programs are specifically developed for nurses in all practice settings caring for actual and/or potential patients with a COVID-19 diagnosis – this health care crisis is everywhere, it does not discriminate. After the SARS outbreak in 2003, both healthcare workers and people who were self-quarantined exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD can last months or years, with triggers that can bring back memories of the trauma accompanied by intense emotional and physical reactions. This program will give you the knowledge and skills needed to recognize PTSD in yourself, colleagues, loved ones and/or patients and the strategies to manage it.

Faculty: Amy Vallarelli, PhD, LMHC

Program Details:

Length of Course: 2.5 hours (Access will be open for 10 days)

Access to Course: Friday, July 10 (9:00 a.m.) to Sunday, July 19 (5:00 p.m.)

Mode of Delivery:  Online

Registration deadline: Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Eligibility: This is an 1199/City Education Fund sponsored program.  No out-of-pocket cost for 1199/City Fund members.

Fund Contact: For any questions, please contact Institute@1199funds.org

Visit www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/city for details on all of the programs and services offered by the 1199SEIU/City of New York Education, Child and Elder Care Fund.

1199SEIU/City Fund LPN Course: “Palliative Care in the Time of COVID-19”

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a severe acute care crisis of unknown duration, in which potentially hundreds of thousands of people may get sick, some critically, and tens of thousands may die. In this context, the usual concerns of palliative care—quality of life, discernment of patient goals, advance care planning, pain and symptom management, and support for caregivers over protracted trajectories—seem pale in comparison. Nevertheless, managing pain and symptoms, ensuring comfort in dying, and supporting families and providers are what palliative care does every day. Palliative care has never been more important than it is right now!

Faculty:  Francilla Thomas, RNC-OB, MSN, C-EFM, CDP

Program Details:

Length of Course: 2.5 hours (Access will be open for 10 days)

Access to Course: Friday, July 10 (9:00 a.m.) to Sunday, July 19 (5:00 p.m.)

Mode of Delivery:  Online

Registration deadline: Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Eligibility: This is an 1199/City Education Fund sponsored program.  No out-of-pocket cost for 1199/City Fund members.

Fund Contact: For any questions, please contact Institute@1199funds.org

Visit www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/city for details on all of the programs and services offered by the 1199SEIU/City of New York Education, Child and Elder Care Fund.

1199SEIU/City Fund LPN Course: “Coping with Situational Depression during the Coronavirus Pandemic”

With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting so many around the world, mandatory quarantines are taking place for those who test positive for the coronavirus. Nurses are working with a new enemy, many hours a day, with fear of getting sick themselves, infecting their patients while struggling with providing the best care possible for their patients. Compassion fatigue accompanied by physical fatigue is overwhelming and can very well lead to depression and/or other mental health concerns. This program will give you the knowledge and skills needed to recognize depression in yourself, colleagues, loved ones and/or patients and the strategies to manage it.

Faculty:  Amy Vallarelli, PhD, LMHC

Program Details:

Length of Course: 2.5 hours (Access will be open for 10 days)

Access to Course: Wednesday, July 8 (9:00 a.m.) to Friday, July 17 (5:00 p.m.)

Mode of Delivery:  Online

Registration deadline: Monday, July 6 2020

Eligibility: This is an 1199/City Education Fund sponsored program.  No out-of-pocket cost for 1199/City Fund members.

Fund Contact: For any questions, please contact Institute@1199funds.org

Visit www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/city for details on all of the programs and services offered by the 1199SEIU/City of New York Education, Child and Elder Care Fund.