Sara O’Brien, MS, RD-AP, LDN, CNSC

Undergraduate Prerequisites: Prereq: SARHS251 & CASBI211 or CASBI315. Limited to nutrition majors o r with consent of the instructor. - This course focuses on the changing nutritional requirements from infancy, childhood, and adolescence throughout the geriatric years. Nutritional needs specific to pregnancy and lactation will be discussed. Emphasis is placed on understanding the behavioral, socioeconomic, and cultural factors associated with meeting nutrition requirements throughout the life span. (Credits: 4)

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (SARHS384) Course is limited to nutrition majors in the dietetics track. - This course is a continuation of SARHS384. This course focuses on medical nutrition therapy for various disease states, including gastrointestinal disease, kidney disease, cancer, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, and inborn errors of metabolism. This course also covers the metabolic response to trauma and critical illness and the importance of nutritional therapy in these states. The use of parenteral and enteral nutrition, intravenous catheters, and feeding tubes will be covered. Diet and drug interactions and nutritional genomics also will be discussed. Students will use case studies to learn to apply their knowledge of nutrition care to the treatment of patients with various diseases. 4 credits, 2nd semester (Credits: 4)

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (SAR HS788 or co-requisite SAR HS487)Course is limited to nutrition ma jors in the dietetics track. - This course provides a review of and an opportunity to implement all aspects of the nutritional care process. Through classroom discussion of case studies as well as experiences at in- and out- patient facilities, students will gain expertise in the provision of nutritional care. 4 credits, 1st semester (Credits: 4)

Undergraduate Prerequisites: SARHS551 and CASBI211 or CASBI315. Limited to nutrition majors or with consent of the instructor. - This course focuses on the changing nutritional requirements from infancy, childhood, and adolescence throughout the geriatric years. Nutritional needs specific to pregnancy and lactation will be discussed. Emphasis is placed on understanding the behavioral, socioeconomic, and cultural factors associated with meeting nutrition requirements throughout the life span. 4 credits, 2nd semester (Credits: 4)

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (SARHS584) Limited to nutrition majors in the dietetics track. - This course is a continuation of SARHS584. This course focuses on medical nutrition therapy for various disease states, including gastrointestinal disease, kidney disease, cancer, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, and inborn errors of metabolism. This course also covers the metabolic response to trauma and critical illness and the importance of nutritional therapy in these states. The use of parenteral and enteral nutrition, intravenous catheters, and feeding tubes will be covered. Diet and drug interactions as well as nutritional genomics also will be discussed. Students will use case studies to learn to apply their knowledge of nutrition care to the treatment of patients with various diseases. 4 credits, 2nd semester (Credits: 4)

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (SARHS585) (SAR HS788 or co-requisite SAR HS487)Limited to nutrition majors in th e dietetics track. - This course provides a review of and an opportunity to implement all aspects of the nutritional care process. Through classroom discussion of case studies as well as experiences at in- and out-patient facilities, students will gain expertise in the provision of nutritional care. (Credits: 4)

Graduate Prerequisites: Limited to students admitted into the Dietetic Internship. - This series of labs are designed to provide students with information relevant to the practice of dietetics. AND Standards of Practice/Standards of Professional Performance, the AND Code of Ethics, the registration exam, third-party payment, and other issues salient to the dietetics practitioner are presented and discussed. (Credits: 2)

Graduate Prerequisites: SAR HS561, HS584, and HS585 - This course will focus on the nutrition management of complex patient populations. The foundation of nutrition care is identification of patients at nutritional risk who require intervention, thus, nutrition screening and nutrition assessment will be covered in detail. Methods of determining malnutrition will be reviewed and practiced using case studies. Micronutrient assessment and methods of correcting deficiencies will be covered. A major challenge in clinical nutrition care is managing the patient with multiple medical problems. Students will discuss how to prioritize medical problems and how to develop a nutrition plan while considering many disease. (Credits: 4)