Ch 1 and 2: Scope of Practice Flashcards
Profile of a Certified Nutrition Coach
Motivator
Nutrition Architect
Communicator
Guide
Authenticator
Educator
Protector
- Builds strong relationships with clients
- Leverage nutrition education to increase success, reduce turnover, and maximize adherence
Motivator
- Develop customized, evidence-based nutrition guidance for clients
- Provide actionable, proven methods for clients to reach their nutrition goals
Nutrition Architect
- Engage in successful interactions with clients
- Perform Consultations and Coaching sessions with clients face-to-face and online
Communicator
- Host Seminars and Events
- Provide helpful recommendations for clients to navigate real-world nutritional challenges
Guide
- Separate Nutrition Fact from Fiction
Authenticator
- Evaluate clients’ dietary patterns and behaviors using tools and assessments
- Provide nutritional education to clients
Educator
- Provide safe, comprehensive, empowering and professional nutrition programs
- Work within the scope of practice
Protector
As a nutrition coach you will do the following:
Have an actionable, proven method for helping clients reach their personal health and wellness goals with your professional guidance.
Leverage nutrition education to increase client success, reduce turnover, and maximize adherence.
Work with face-to-face or online clients.
The actions, procedures and processes a professional is allowed to undertake in keeping with a professional’s credential or license
Scope of Practice
Professionals that provide nutrition advice
MDs, Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE), ARNP, PAs and PharmDs
Credentialing arm of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for the purpose of establishing and enforcing certification standards for registered dieticians and other licensed nutrition professionals and issues credentials to those who successfully meet said standards The CDR also provides a professional code of ethics and recertification standards.
Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
A licensed healthcare professional or certified allied health professional who works with those who have Diabetes
- 1000 contact hours in diabetes education is required for certification
Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)
Typically provided on the state or Federal Level, Common prerequisites include formal education/training, supervised contact hours and passing a standardized test
Licensing
Grated to a person who has completed an educational course and a standardized test and/or practical.
Certification
Generic term for someone who provide nutrition counseling, Certification and Licensing parameters are vague
Nutritionist
Nutrition Coach CANNOT:
Provide specific meal plans and daily menus.
Prescribe specific supplements or recommend vitamins and/or mineral dosages.
Suggest drastic caloric restriction.
Promote fasting, detoxification, or other extreme nutritional practices.
Prescribe diets that omit or severely restrict certain food groups.
In anyway, go against recommendations of licensed healthcare professionals.
Provide detailed nutritional plans for athletes who participate in extreme training programs (i.e., Ironman triathletes or ultra-marathoners).
Prescribe dietary plans for those with chronic health conditions (i.e., diabetes or heart disease).
Provide nutrition therapy to treat or prevent disease.
Provide exercise prescriptions or detailed programming (unless already certified as a personal trainer).