Nutrition Support Traineeship Manual 

The Nutrition Support Traineeship manual is a comprehensive syllabus that addresses nutrition assessment, monitoring, critical care nutrition, enteral and parenteral nutrition, fluid, electrolytes, acid-base, interpreting/evaluating medical research, and more.  The modules are fully referenced, based on current evidence-based literature, and provide a template for education at the bedside (See syllabus outline below). 

All trainees recieve this manual as part of their traineeship registration.  The manaul can also be purchased separately.

Click here to download the form to purchase the Nutrition Support Traineeship manual.

Syllabus Outline

 Assessment
 1. Nutritional Assessment
 2. Calorie and Protein Determination
 3. Medications

Monitoring
 4. Hypertriglyceridemia
 5. Refeeding Syndrome

Enteral
 6. Enteral
 7. Bowel Sounds
 8. Diarrhea
 9. Flow Rates/Strength/Osmolality
10. Residual Volumes
11. Aspiration

Critiquing the Literature
12. Evidence-based Medicine

Home Care
13. Home Nutrition Support

Critical Care
14. Critical Care Nutrition

Parenteral
15. Parenteral Nutrition
16. Surgery

Fluid and Electrolytes
17. Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance