Registered Dietitian Case Study

Two registered dietitian work at kindred hospital. The full time RD works Monday to Friday and the RD part time works on the weekends. This facility has 70-beds. Usually the census in this hospital is between 50 to 55 patients. The Registered Dietitian reports to the CCO. The RD in the nutrition and culinary services is under the food service manager. The RD follows a daily work guide. In the morning the RD prints out the census report and then she checks for new admissions, diet orders, room change and discharge. The RD updates menus in the kitchen for room changes and new diet orders. Also, actualizes or adds in a list supplements ordered for each patient, pull tickets out of discharged patients and print tickets for new admission. The RD prints two menus copies for the rest of the week. One for the kitchen and the second one are given to the patient. The patient can choose the menu alternatives. The

The registered dietitian completes an assessment within 72 hours of admission and initiates appropriate intervention and goals based ion signs/symptoms of altered nutritional status to achieve desired outcomes. The RD interviews patients to obtain diet history, oral intake, food allergies, cultural/religious preference and other pertinent information needed.

Every morning the RD participates in a Flash meeting. This meeting is a 15-20 minutes agenda announcement. Open positions, complains, events, deaths, etc are announced. Thursday and Thursday the RD attends with Interdisciplinary Team meeting (ITM) to develop, implement, and monitor nutrition care plan. The Rd also involves the patient/family in planning objectives and goals for the patient, conducts nutrition education individually and in classes to patients; families, and staff and, conducts meal rounds to ensure patients are receiving therapy that meets patient’s needs.