NDFS 300
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Medical Nutrition Therapy 1
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science
College of Life Sciences
Course Description
Nutritional assessment and medical nutrition therapy across disease states.
When Taught
Fall
Min
4
Fixed
4
Fixed
4
Fixed
0
Title
Nutrition Care Process
Learning Outcome
Apply the four steps of the nutrition care process for nutrition education and medical nutrition therapy for persons with eating disorders, obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, renal disease, pulmonary disease, and cancer.
Title
Evidence-Based Practice
Learning Outcome
Evaluate and implement current evidence-based nutrition education and medical nutrition therapy for eating disorders, obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, renal disease, pulmonary disease, and cancer.
Title
Nutrition Assessment
Learning Outcome
Perform nutrition assessment (food-nutrition related history, anthropometrics, biochemical data, nutrition-focused physical exam, and client history) for persons with eating disorders, obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, renal disease, pulmonary disease, and cancer.
Title
Malnutrition
Learning Outcome
Identify and document malnutrition (under and over-nutrition).
Title
Core Knowledge for the RDN
Learning Outcome
2022 ACEND Knowledge Requirements and Course Learning Outcomes
ACEND Knowledge
NDFS 300 Course Learning Outcomes
How objective is met/ measured
KRDN 1.3, 2.1, 2.5, 3.1, 3.3
Nutrition Care Process
Assignments: medical terminology quizzes, heart-healthy diet, diabetic meal plan, modified potassium diet, diabetes/cardiovascular disease case studies chart note, and oral, and renal/oncology disease case studies chart note and oral, nutrition care process reference (eating disorder, bariatric surgery, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, renal, pulmonary, oncology)
KRDN 1.3, 2.1, 3.1
Nutrition Assessment
Assignments: 24-hour dietary recall, dietary analysis, math practice, diabetes/cardiovascular disease case studies chart note, and oral, and renal/oncology disease case studies chart note and oral, nutrition care process reference (eating disorder, bariatric surgery, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, renal, pulmonary, oncology)
Exams: 1, 2, 3, Final
KRDN 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.9, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6
Evidence-Based Practice
Assignments: Malnutrition, bariatric surgery, and pulmonary disease learning assessments; journal club; diet debate; heart healthy diet, diabetic meal plan, and modified-potassium diet; diabetes exchange list quiz, diabetes/cardiovascular disease case studies chart note and oral, and renal/oncology disease case studies chart note and oral, nutrition care process reference (eating disorder, bariatric surgery, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, renal, pulmonary, oncology)
Exams: 1, 2, 3, Final
KRDN 1.3, 3.1
Malnutrition
Assignments: Malnutrition Learning Assessment, Math practice
Exams: 1, 2, 3, Final
