Chapter four Flashcards
To provide cost-effective nutrition services in today’s healthcare environment it is first important to
Screen patients to find those who are at nutritional risk
Key considerations for nutrition screening include
- Quick and easy for any type of setting
- valid and reliable
- Established by RDN
- occur within an appropriate time for the setting
Assessment of nutrition status is the ____ of nutritional care
Foundation
Assessment of nutritional status is the base for personalizing an individuals nutrition care in the context of _____
Cause, prevention, and management of disease or promotion of health
Four steps of the nutrition care process (NCP)
Assessment
diagnosis
intervention
monitoring/evaluation
The nutrition assessment is defined as a ____ approach to _____ relevant data from patients and make a professional judgment about the nutritional status
Systematic
Collect, record, interpret
It is a comprehensive ____ carried out by an RDN
Evaluation
Nutrition assessment begin with the collection of
Dietary intake data
NIA, 24 hour recall, food diary, food frequency questionnaire
Additional things you will find under the assessment
Lab values anthropometric's medications diet recall social history past medical history past surgeries family history
Subjective information
Opinions or personal feelings
Objective information
Facts , measurable info
PES statement
Problem related to etiology as evidenced by signs and symptoms(must be measurable)
Intervention
Education counseling and nutrient delivery
Monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions
M/E
Identification of a nutritional diagnosis
Diagnosis