Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition (CSPCC)

Issued by Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

CSPCCs are experienced RDs who apply evidence-based nutrition knowledge in providing medical nutrition therapy for critically ill infants, children, and adolescents. Additional roles could include care coordination, education, quality improvement, or research linked specifically to pediatric critical care nutrition.

Type Certification
Level Intermediate
Time Years
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Adolescent
CICU
Critical Care
Evidence Based Practice
Failure To Thrive
Medical Nutrition Therapy
NICU
Parenteral Nutrition
Pediatric
PICU
Premature Infants
Tube Feeding

Earning Criteria

Maintenance of current RD status with CDR for a minimum of 2 years from the original examination date.
Documentation of 2,000 hours of practice experience as an RD in pediatric critical care nutrition within the past five years.
Submission of an eligibility application requiring third-party verification of 2,000 hours of work as an RD in pediatric critical care nutrition.
Successfully pass a 150-item computer-based, multiple-choice exam.