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PubMed1994

Nutrition standards in child care programs: technical support paper. The American Dietetic Association.

ADA supports achievement of comprehensive nutrition standards in child care programs. The standards recommended here focus on meeting the child's nutrition needs and providing a safe and pleasant environment that promotes acquisition of habits that prevent disease and enable healthy growth and development. Nutrition and health professionals can play a powerful role in advocating and assisting the acceptance of child care nutrition standards by parents, caregivers, foodservice personnel, and directors and policy makers for child care programs.

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PubMed1990

A survey of the role of the dietitian in preparing patients for home enteral feeding.

Teaching home enteral feeding is a complex process involving many activities not traditionally performed by dietitians. This survey was undertaken to investigate (a) tasks performed by the dietitian in preparing patients to receive home enteral feeding, (b) the effect of various demographic factors on the dietitian's role, (c) the amount of dietitian time spent preparing a patient for discharge on home enteral feeding, and (d) the types of home enteral feedings currently in use. A questionnaire was tested for reliability and validity, then mailed to 1,168 nutrition support dietitians. Results of the survey indicated that, more often than nurses or physicians, dietitians were responsible for calculating nutrient and fluid needs, selecting formula, determining the home feeding schedule, teaching the patient to prepare blenderized formulas, and teaching the patient to recognize formula intolerance. Dietitians were less often responsible than nurses for psychomotor skills such as teaching the patient to administer the formula, operate the pump, and flush the feeding tube. Dietitians seemed to have a larger role in hospitals with more than 499 beds, in teaching hospitals, and in hospitals with a nutrition support team. Dietitians reported a smaller role when they reported to a contract foodservice company and when their job duties were divided so that more time was spent in clinical dietetics than in nutrition support. However, dietitians in all demographic groups performed all tasks. The average amount of dietitian time spent preparing patients for discharge on home enteral feeding was 168 minutes (2.8 hours) per patient. More patients received gastric feedings (76%) than intestinal feedings (22%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed2003

History and evolution of a successful certification program in nutrition support: the CNSD experience.

As early as the 1970s, articles were published on the role of dietitians in nutrition support. Both the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and The American Dietetic Association addressed the issues of specialization and certification. Development of a specialty area credential requires a strong demand by practicing clinicians, a unique area of clinical practice with a distinct body of knowledge and the commitment to evolve with clinical practice. Numerous dietitians were involved in the inception, development, and leadership that brought forth certification in nutrition support. This article documents the efforts and participation of a dedicated group of professionals whose common goals resulted in the establishment of a successful, sustaining certification in a specialty area of clinical dietetics: certified nutrition support dietitian. The certified nutrition support dietitian program is now in its 15th year with 2,000 dietitians currently certified both nationally and internationally. A primary focus of the credential is to recognize minimum competency for dietitians practicing in the field of enteral and parenteral nutrition and to provide safe and effective nutrition support therapy. This article provides a framework for persons in other specialty areas attempting to develop certification programs.

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