Zinc Deficiency in Children (PEDS BUNDLE)

This continuing education course describes the role zinc plays in the body, especially in the growth and development of children, and guides RDs in identifying, preventing, and managing deficiency.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:

  1. State at least three functions of zinc in the body.
  2. Name at least four causes of zinc deficiency in infants and children.
  3. Describe consequences of zinc deficiency in infants and children.
  4. Analyze different ways pediatric patients can be evaluated for zinc deficiency.
  5. Teach patients how to include adequate zinc in the diet.

 

Additional Information

CDR Activity Type: 
102
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 CDR
Course opens: 
04/03/2024
Course expires: 
04/02/2027
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Pediatric Bundle
Rating: 
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Course content was written by Kristin Sementelli, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES, a prenatal and women’s health dietitian based in Chicago.

The faculty and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

An "ineligible company" includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).

RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 CDR

Price

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