ncp lesson 2

• NUTRITIONAL CARE • A set of activities to provide a diet adequate in nutrients needed by an individual and to help with proper eating habits.
• MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY • use of specific nutrition services to treat an illness, injury or condition.
• Nutrition Assessment - evaluation of nutritional status through measurements of food and nutrient intake and evaluation of nutrition-related indicators such as anthropometric measurements, physical findings, and laboratory test results
• 2. Nutrition therapy - interventions used in the treatment of a disorder or illness and includes diet therapy, nutrition counseling, and/or the use of specialized nutrition therapies such as supplementation and nutrition support
• HEALTH • state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity (WHO definition)
• DIETETICS • science and art of regulating the planning, preparing, and serving of meals • therapeutic and food service aspects (PD 1286)
• DIET THERAPY • use of food for therapeutic purposes
• ILLNESS • deviation of bodily functions from the normal or usual well-feeling and its perception is both physiological and psychological • Under various stress factors: Pain, anxiety, fever, distention, anorexia, nausea, etc.
• NUTRITIONIST - applies science of nutrition to the promotion of health and control of disease
• DIETITIAN • translator of nutritional principles
• DIET TECHNICIAN • completed a degree in nutrition-dietetics but did not take the board examination. • Can perform nutrition screening and other nutrition services under the direction of RND
• DIET • food and drink regularly consumed according to a regimen of time and amount
• DIET PRESCRIPTION • designated amount of nutrients required by an individual based on a thorough nutritional assessment
• NUTRITION SUPPORT • variety of techniques used when the patient is unable to meet his or her nutritional needs
• Pharmacist • Dispenses medications and advises medical staff on selection and effects of drugs. • Monitor laboratory results for therapeutic drug levels, and electrolyte levels for patients receiving parenteral nutrition, and review risks for drug-drug and drug-nutrient interaction. • Responsible for compounding sterile solutions including parenteral nutrition support solutions
• Medical Doctors

  • Diagnosis, treatment, correction, advisement, prescription for any disease • Responsible for prescribing nutrition support and nutrition prescriptions for patients
• Nurses

  • Assist in treatment of patients, administer medications and intravenous solutions, educate patients, provide advice, follow-up care, and emotional support to patient’s family members • Initial nutrition screening then documenting a patient’s food intake while hospitalized as well as notifying dietitian if a patient has inadequate intake.
• Social Workers

  • Work with individuals and families to provide the psychosocial support needed to cope with illnesses. • Educate family caregivers, counsel patients, and help plan for patients’ needs after discharge by arranging community and financial resources to cover medical needs, food-related services, and costs
• Occupational Therapist

  • Assists patients to improve ability to perform tasks in living & working environments. • Also work with patients with swallowing disorders and clients with physical disabilities to provide special instructions on eating and use of adaptive feeding advices.
• Speech-Language Pathologists “speech therapists”

  • Assess, diagnose, treat and help to prevent speech, language, cognitive, communication, voice, swallowing, fluency and other related disorders (ex. Swallowing disorders).
• NUTRITION CARE PROCESS • A systematic problem-solving method that dietetics practitioners use to critically think and make decisions to address nutrition-related problems and provide safe, effective, high-quality nutrition care (ADA).
• EVIDENCE-BASED DIETETICS PRACTICE • incorporation of systematically reviewed scientific evidence into food and nutrition practice decisions.
• • Guidelines – a systematically developed statement based on scientific evidence to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances (ADA)
• STANDARDIZED NUTRITION LANGUAGE • A uniform terminology that is used to describe practice
• • May 2005, Nutrition diagnostic terminology – list of phrases (terms) that are organized into groups (domains) and assigned unique alphanumeric code numbers
• International Dietetics and Nutrition Terminology (IDNT)

  • The standardized terminology is an important component of the NCP, to ensure that the terms used by different dietitians have the same meaning, regardless of the situation or the setting • With the implementation of electronic health records there were also increased possibilities to accumulate data and measure outcomes.