Nutrition Care Process (ADIME Process) Flashcards
Nutrition Care Process (ADIME Process)
imply put is a step-by-step approach for Registered Dietitians to treat patients
Nutrition Care Process
Assessment
Diagnosis
Intervention
Monitoring
Evaluation
Nutrition Assessment
The purpose of this is to find the nutrition problem. this entails gathering and keeping records of data on clients’ histories, anthropometric measurements, physical results relating to nutrition, biochemical data, medical tests, and procedures.
Nutrition Diagnosis
Nutritional problem
Names and describes the problem
Problem may already exist
Not a medical diagnosis
Nutritional Dx Domains: Intake
actual problems related to intake of energy, nutrients, fluids, bioactive substances through oral diet or nutrition support
Nutrition Dx Domains: Clinical
“nutritional findings/problems identified that relate to medical or physical conditions
Nutrition Dx Domains: Behavioral-Environmental
“nutritional findings/problems identified that relate to knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, physical environment, or access to food and food safety
Nutrition Intervention
can begin once diagnosis and objectives are clear and determined.
should be specific, they are the “what, where, and how” of the care plan. Plans should be communicated properly between the healthcare team and the patient itself.
Monitoring and evaluation
contains data that will be evaluated during the subsequent review to determine whether the goal, prescription, and treatments have been executed and are working. prescription for deciding what to do next
Assessment of Nutritional Status
• Nutrition plays a critical role in maintaining the health and wellbeing of individuals and is also an essential component of the healthcare delivery system.
Assessment of Nutritional Status
allows the healthcare providers to systematically assess the overall nutritional status of patients, diagnose malnutrition, identify underlying pathologies that lead to malnutrition, and plan necessary interventions.
FOUR METHODS TO ASSESS NUTRITIONAL STATUS
Anthropometric
Biochemical
Clinical
Dietary
Anthropometric
Used to assess growth in children you can use several different measurements including length, height, weight and head circumference.
Biochemical
Uses laboratory measurements of serum protein, serum micronutrient levels, serum lipids, and immunological parameters to assess general nutritional status and to identify specific nutritional deficiencies.
Clinical
assessing nutritional status involve checking signs of deficiency at specific places on the body