Nutritionist vs community dietitian

Differences between nutritionist and community dietitian 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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Community dietitian example responsibilities.

• Manage the anemia status of patients by reviewing necessary lab data and initiating or adjusting medication doses.
• Provide nutrition education and diet counseling to WIC participants, groups and individuals.
• Provide basic nutrition education to WIC patients and teach nutrition classes in this rural community.
• Monitor patients' nutrition status, laboratory values, diet tolerance, and motivate them to adhere to dietary/medications recommendations.
• Provide individualized nutrition consultations for sports nutrition, weight-loss, diabetes, hypertension and hormonal changes.