Bilingual (Spanish) Registered Dietitian

Conducts nutrition assessment when warranted by patient's needs or conditions or warranted by a regulatory

requirement.
* Selects assessment tools and procedures(matching the assessment method to the situation) and applies
assessment tools in valid and reliable ways.
* Reviews dietary intake for factors that affect health conditions and nutritional risk.
* Utilizes medical history, laboratory data, drug profile, anthropometric measurements, and diet history to
evaluate for nutrition-related consequences.
* Performs nutrition-focused physical exam (NFPE) during assessments on patients to determine risk and/or
degree of malnutrition when indicated.
* Evaluates psychosocial, functional, and behavioral factors related to food access,selection, preparation;
physical activity; and understanding of health condition.
* Evaluates patients' and family's knowledge, readiness to learn, and potential for changing behaviors.
* Observes patients and family for nonverbal and verbal cues that can guide and prompt effective interviewing
methods.
* Organizes and categorizes the data in a meaningful framework that is related to nutrition problems.
* Determines when a problem requires consultation orreferral to another provider orservice.
* Finds patterns and relationships among the data and possible causes for the nutrition problem.
* Prioritizes the relative importance of nutrition problemsfor optimal patient health, recovery from illness,
management of chronic disease, or disease prevention.
* Documents the nutrition diagnostic statement in PES (problem, etiology, and signs/symptoms) and provides
supporting evidence within the progress note.
* Formulates and determines a plan of action that is focused on the etiology of the problem and known to be
effective based on best current knowledge of evidence from Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines.
* Coordinates care with colleagues to ensure appropriate transitions of care are addressed to meet patient's
needs.
* Acts as a resource for medical/clinical staff on the nutritional management of patients.
* Interprets and presents current clinical knowledge, standard of care, and research to improve patient care and
the nutrition service line

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