Exam 1 Nutrition Care Process Flashcards
Distinguish between Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) and the Nutrition Care Process
Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT): Medical Nutrition Therapy is Nutritional care provided to a client with a medical diagnosis.
Nutrition Care Process: a system problem-solving method that dietetic professionals use to critically think and make decisions to address a nutrition related problem and provide effective nutrition care.
Describe the standardized nutrition care process (NCP) and model
The standardized Nutrition care is to have a foundation to gather valid and reliable data on how quality nutrition care provided by a professional improves the quality of health care provided.
The nutrition care process model is the relationship between the patient and the RD. There are 3 rings and one thing feeding it and the outcomes.
The interior ring consists of four steps
S1: nutrition assessment;(Anthropometrics, Biochemical assessment, Client history, diet history, nutrition related physical findings)
S2: Nutritional Dx; for nutrition dx we identify the most important/primary/high risk nutrition problem. find patterns in the data. find the etiology/cause of the nutrition related problem.
S3: Nutritional intervention; we implement nutritional care by planning/strategizing, prioritizing Nutritional Dx, give resources to the client
S4: Monitor and evaluate; monitoring progress (A,B,C,DP) and document progress. The purpose to monitoring and evaluating is to determine progress towards the goal.
Second ring (middle ring): list the intrinsic factors affecting NCP.
- Nutrition and dietetic knowledge, collaboration, skills and competence, communication, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, documentation, code of ethics.
The third ring (outer ring): list the concepts that define the environment in which we provide nutrition care.
- Healthcare system, practice settings, social systems, economics
What feeds the NCP model
- screening and referrals(re-assessment): identify risk factors, by using tools/methods
What comes out the NCP model
- outcomes management system: research, aggregated data, conduct continuos quality improvement.
How to determine the nutrition risk of a patient
by screening and using tools such as questionnaires, observations and standards
who may screen patients and how patient with nutrition risk are identified.
anyone in the healthcare system, and they are identified
