Implementing a Clinical Practice Change: Adopting the Nutrition Care Process
Publication: Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
25 March 2019
Abstract
The Nutrition Care Process (NCP), created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, provides a framework that encourages critical thinking and promotes uniform documentation by Registered Dietitians (RD). Additionally, it creates a link between the nutrition assessment, nutrition intervention, and the predicted or actual nutrition outcome. NCP has been integrated into a number of institutions in Canada and internationally. A committee of nonmanagement RDs at the Hospital for Sick Children led the Department of Clinical Dietetics in adopting the NCP. The committee developed and consecutively delivered a tailored education plan to 5 groups of RDs within the department. Additional resources were developed to complement the learning plan. The committee administered informal pre- and post-education surveys to measure outcomes. RDs reported receiving adequate training and felt confident implementing NCP into their practice. Adopting the NCP was well-received and RDs within the department continue to integrate it into their current practice.
Résumé
Le processus de soins en nutrition (PSN), créé par l’Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, fournit un cadre qui favorise la pensée critique et qui promeut la documentation uniforme chez les diététistes. De plus, il crée un lien entre l’évaluation nutritionnelle, l’intervention nutritionnelle et le résultat nutritionnel escompté ou réel. Le PSN a été intégré dans certains établissements au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde. Un comité de diététistes non gestionnaires au Hospital for Sick Children a dirigé l’adoption du PSN par le service de diététique clinique. Le comité a élaboré puis mis en œuvre un plan de formation sur mesure pour cinq groupes de diététistes au sein du service. Des ressources additionnelles ont été conçues pour compléter le plan d’apprentissage. Le comité a mené des sondages non officiels avant et après la formation pour mesurer les résultats. Les diététistes ont indiqué avoir reçu une formation adéquate et se sentaient à l’aise de mettre en œuvre le PSN dans leur pratique. L’adoption du PSN a été bien reçue, et les diététistes du service continuent de l’intégrer dans leur pratique actuelle.
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Volume 80 • Number 3 • September 2019
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AndreaCarpenterRD, JordanMannRD, DiannaYanchisRD, AlisonCampbellRD, CDE, LouiseBannisterMSc, RD, and LauraVreskMSc, RD. 2019. Implementing a Clinical Practice Change: Adopting the Nutrition Care Process. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research.
80(3): 127-130. https://doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2019-003
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