Nutrition Counselor Research Paper

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Abstract The health care changes for the better of the patients and how to make it better. As a Nutrition Counselor, is to help client with reimbursements, insurance claims (denied or approved) may pay the partial for the care. Helping the client to understand the health care rights and client rights until further notice if there is any change. Many client believe that the health care just more expensive as the years goes by because middle class and lower class are struggle with the health care due to error in documentation, reimbursement, and insurance. I know that some client have these errors before and when they are referred to a nutrition counselor, some document says something, but it’s not the clients’ information, can become a big …show more content…

These are health risk because she is 20 year old, height is 62 inches and weight 117 lbs. in the office, it’s normal for her height, weight, and age. Health risk is at large due to under-nutrition, causes heart disease, nutrition deficiency, infection, organ failure, and long term care, and hospitalization. “Malnourished patients may be plagued with recurrent infections, pressure ulcers that fails to heal, colonization of bacteria as a result of poor immune status, edema, anemia, and fatigue” (King, K. 2007. P.246).The obstacles that would stop Josephine from a successful accomplishment is her fear of losing fitness body and gaining weight. “Many people mistakenly believe that goal setting simply means putting a goal on paper, setting a date for completion, marking off checkpoints as they occur and then starting all over again. Such a mentality hinders people from success, because a goal isn’t a one-time thing that you eventually scratch off a list. Setting a goal is really about changing yourself for the long-term. Goals aren’t short-term, quick-fix things” (Vermeeren, D. Et, Al.). Josephine need to overcome her fear and think about the positive side as a salsa instructor and a student.

Reference
King, K. & Klawitter, B. (2007). Reimbursement, Documentation, and HIPAA, Successful Business Skills: Advanced Counseling Skills, Third Edition (pp. 265-286). Baltimore, MD. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
King, K. & Klawitter, B. (2007). End of Life Counseling: Advanced Counseling Skills, Third Edition (pp. 244-262). Baltimore, MD. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Vermeeren, Douglas. (Et.Al.). Why People Fail to Achieve Their Goals. Retrieved from

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