Bridging the Gap: Nutrition Care for Patients with Eating Disorders in Non-Specialty Acute Care

This 60-minute session equips registered dietitians supporting patients with eating disorders in acute care—join us to gain practical confidence! We’ll review common medical and nutritional red flags, key considerations for assessing risk and level of care, and your role on the interdisciplinary team. You’ll walk away with concrete action steps for managing meal selection, structuring meal observation, responding to eating disorder behaviors, and engaging patients and families compassionately and effectively. We’ll also cover safe, evidence-informed nutrition interventions, monitoring for comp...Read morelications, team communication, and discharge planning. The focus is building your confidence through realistic role expectations and sharpened skills in advocacy, clinical risk recognition, and timely referrals to specialized eating disorder services. Less...

Learning Objectives

• Identify at least three common medical and nutritional red flags that may indicate an eating disorder in acute care and describe how these findings inform assessment of risk and level of care.
• Describe concrete action steps for managing meal selection, structuring meal observation, and responding to eating disorder behaviors, including strategies for communicating with patients and families in a compassionate and effective manner.
• Explain the registered dietitian’s role in managing eating disorders on the acute care team in implementing safe, evidence‑informed nutrition interventions, monitoring for complications, and advocating for timely referral and discharge planning to specialized eating disorder services.

Target Audience

Learning Levels

• Beginner

Thursday, April 23, 2026

11:00 AM CDT - 12:00 PM CDT