Registered dietitian vs physician assistant

Differences between registered dietitian and physician assistant duties and responsibilities

Registered dietitian example responsibilities.

• Help patients maintain nutritional adequacy while managing food allergies.
• Manage the anemia status of patients by reviewing necessary lab data and initiating or adjusting medication doses.
• Manage the in-store dietitian program providing nutrition education, culinary workshops, food demonstrations, and nutritional assessments.
• Develop and conduct weight loss programs; provide nutritional counseling for cardiac rehabilitation patients.
• Diet education to nonsurgical patients on eating disorders, diabetes and other nutrition relate conditions.
• Cover all topics ranging from weight management to oncology.
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Physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage a variety of acute and chronic conditions especially asthma, allergies, injuries, and infectious diseases.
• Manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, ASCVD, chronic back and joint pains, depression, and anxiety.
• Manage patient surgical care throughout the continuum of care from pre-op, to discharge planning, including ambulatory and hospital in-patients.
• Attain pertinent history & physicals for obstetrics and gynecological acute and preventative visits.
• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Aid in the acute management of trauma patients including obtaining appropriate studies, suturing, and CPR.
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