Nutritionist vs clinical nutritionist

Differences between nutritionist and clinical nutritionist duties and responsibilities

Nutritionist example responsibilities.

• Lead weekly nutritional education workshops on diabetes management, in addition to providing individual counseling.
• Inspire patients to proactively manage their diabetes, to include administering insulin and taking prescribe medications.
• Follow up in the out-patient GI clinic for tube feeding regimens, assessing growth and food allergies.
• Establish clients via social media; maintain Facebook page.
• Develop training table menus for all NCAA scholarship athletes and attend training table.
• Provide complete instruction and advice to patients with diet-relate problems like diabetics, hypertension.
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Clinical nutritionist example responsibilities.

• Manage the anemia status of patients by reviewing necessary lab data and initiating or adjusting medication doses.
• Train patients in diabetes self-management and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (insulin pump therapy).
• Participate in weekly interdisciplinary rounds to further evaluate patients at increase nutritional risk and discuss the appropriate route for recovery.
• Initiate application process for ADA approve diabetes education program.
• Conduct medical nutrition management on outpatient basis; conduct weight control and diabetes education groups.
• Participate in interdisciplinary biweekly meetings for rehabilitation unit.
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