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DTM 363 - Nutrition Life Cycle Field Exp

Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 4
Course Type: Voc/Tech
Application and evaluation of nutritional aspects in healthcare facilities. Practical experience in a selected healthcare facility supervised by a registered dietitian.
(This course is Pass/Fail.)

Competencies
  1. Identify the calorie needs of an age group that is not found in the everyday work situation and the amounts of food needed to fulfill those needs
  2. Discuss the components of energy balance as they apply to personal body weight after recording food intake and physical activity for one week
  3. Interview a sample of three people of different ages for their food preferences, quantities consumed, reasons for food selections and describe differences made by people at different ages
  4. Describe how charted information about a resident or patient may vary from the understanding that the patient himself/herself may have of that information
  5. Document residents’ acceptance of menu items by assisting with nutrition care plans



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