Documentation of care is essential for professional communication and good patient
management and has presented a challenge over time for most health professions. For
registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs), the use of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP)
and Nutrition Care Process Terminology (NCPT)
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offers a structured approach to documentation. However, the increasing use of electronic
health records (EHRs), the emphasis on evidence-based practice, funding pressures,
and the expectations for efficiencies in time management has placed additional demands
on the delivery of nutrition care. A number of developments now come together to offer
wider and improved opportunities to provide enhanced nutrition care, to assess practice
outcomes, and to demonstrate their effectiveness. There is an undertaking for this
partnership of opportunity to be extended internationally, but its potential is yet
to be realized.Keywords
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Biography
K. Gibbons is an honorary research associate, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; a professor, Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia; an honorary research manager, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; and an adjunct clinical professor, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Publication history
Published online: October 24, 2017
Accepted:
July 25,
2017
Received:
March 10,
2017
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STATEMENT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
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