NUTRITION CARE PROCESS

Course overview

Dietetics professionals needing to implement the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) will find this course an excellent primer and tutorial. Beginning with an overview of how care processes benefit healthcare providers in all areas of practice, the course explains the promise NCP holds in facilitating recognition of the special skills and knowledge that dietetics professionals bring to patient care. Topics include the steps of the NCP (nutrition assessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention, nutrition monitoring/evaluation), why health care professionals use care processes, the diagnostic thought process, diagnosing nutrition problems with the NCP, documenting care using PES statements in a variety of styles, and integrating informatics into the care process.