What should be the primary approach of a dietician who is trying to improve the nutritional status of an individual?
What will be an ideal response?
Instead of providing nutrition care/education as a result of a diet order for a diabetic or renal diet, the dietitian should carefully assess the nutritional status of each patient to specifically identify what, if any, nutrition problems (diagnoses) exist.For example, a patient with type 2 diabetes could conceivably have inconsistent carbohydrate intake, undesirable food choices, self-monitoring deficit, or limited adherence to nutrition-related recommendations. Another scenario might be two patients with different medical diagnoses who present with a similar nutrition diagnosis, such as involuntary weight loss. In summary, using the nutrition diagnoses to clarify and identify specific nutrition problems may either reveal no nutrition problems at the present time or different nutrition problems.
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