Provides hands-on opportunities to develop clinical nutrition skills.
Students develop appropriate diet recommendations for specific disease states.
The course includes work in local health care facilities. The material in this course gives students the opportunity to apply concepts learned in previous courses. Students will practice nutritional assessment, care planning, implementation, and evaluation for a variety of clinical conditions. The application of clinical nutrition prepares students to provide medical nutrition therapy for patients or clients based on assessed needs. The information shared in this course this semester will reflect current practice, but as the search for best practices in nutrition care and overall patient care continues, new knowledge will be created.