Swedish
Seattle, WA
Description
The Dietitian Inpatient (Registered Dietitian) is a member of a multidisciplinary team that assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates all aspects of a patient's nutrition care. The Dietitian Inpatient is able to use validated tools to identify patients that require nutrition interventions or that have the potential for developing nutrition related problems. They provide a nutrition assessment which may include anthropometric measures and/or growth measures, pertinent biochemical data and medical test results; a nutrition focused physical exam and a food and nutrition –related history assessment. They identify specific nutrition related problem(s) and they provide specific, purposeful interventions to improve or change the nutrition and health status for their patient or client. They provide a nutrition diagnosis of malnutrition using approved, evidence based criteria. They provide nutrition education to individuals and/or caregivers. They assist in...