DIT 2850 Medical Nutrition Therapy Clinical II
Directed practice component covering topics in Medical Nutrition Therapy II: cancer, childhood obesity, disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, liver, renal diseases. Practicum includes: menu writing for modified texture/ therapeutic interventions; feeding routes; patient interviews, nutrition screening/education and the nutrition care process from admission to discharge. Ten directed practice hours per week.
Division: Health Sciences
Department: Nutrition and Dietetics
Repeatable Credit: No
Offered Online: No
Prereqs: DIT 2630 AND Restricted to Majors
Outcomes
- Demonstrate techniques used in blood pressure measurements, vital signs, blood glucose monitoring and listening for bowel sounds.
- After medical record review, provide education to hemodialysis patients to support nutrition goals related to abnormal laboratory parameters.
- Complete comprehensive nutritional assessments, minimum data sets (MDS), care assessment triggers (CATS) and develop care plans for patients with identified diseases or conditions.
- Complete a pediatric obesity case study and develop a nutrition education lesson plan with appropriate behavioral objectives, content, method of instruction, materials, and evaluation that addresses the nutrition diagnosis for this case.
- Develop quality improvement strategies for patient/resident care and delivery of nutritional services.
Credit Hours: 2
Directed Hours: 10