title: Do you know what a dietetic technician can do? A focus on clinical technicians and their expanded roles and responsibilities.
abstract: Dietetic technicians, registered, play a key role in providing quality, cost-effective client care and foodservice management and are guided by the mission statement of the American Dietetic Association to promote optimal nutrition, health, and well-being. Many organizations use dietetic technicians to complete the screening and/or basic level assessments. The dietetic technician also can assist with patient monitoring and complete such tasks as calculating and documenting calorie counts, providing basic diet instruction, monitoring diet consumption and compliance, and determining tolerance of nutritional supplements. Since the last role delineation study was conducted, dietetic technicians have expanded into many different work settings, and practice roles have changed accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Shore Memorial Hospital, Prenatal Clinic, Somers Point, NJ 08244, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arena
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Walters
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004046:Dietetics / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D005521:Food Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce