Dietitian vs pediatric clinical dietician

Differences between dietitian and pediatric clinical dietician duties and responsibilities

Dietitian example responsibilities.

• Manage the anemia status of patients by reviewing necessary lab data and initiating or adjusting medication doses.
• Prioritize initial/quarterly/consult assessments, interventions and progress monitoring for long-term care, rehabilitation and post acute patients.
• Design and provide individualize nutrition counseling to promote healthy behavior modifications for a variety of home health care patients.
• Counsele post-op patients to ensure dietary compliance, nutritional adequacy and formulation of weight management goals throughout their post-operative course.
• Perform indirect calorimetry to measure resting metabolic rates (RMR).
• Work as part of research team on a large-scale NIH clinical trial.
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Pediatric clinical dietician example responsibilities.

• Demonstrate clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies
• Perform assessments and administer medications to pediatric patients, chart and document all care that the patient receive.
• Document data relate to patients' care including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, and treatment changes.
• Obtain hospital certification for chemotherapy administration.
• Provide care to pediatric patients as part of an interdisciplinary team on the pediatric hematology/oncology and general pediatrics unit