Nutrition Support Nurse Clinician
Nurses play a major role in the maintenance of patients' nutritional health. The Nutrition Support Nurse Clinician is a member of the Nutrition Support Team comprising gastroenterologists, surgeons, pharmacist and dieticians.
She conducts daily rounds with the team to see and discuss the nutrition/feeding plan of all patients who are referred to the Nutrition Support Service for management of their nutritional status.
She coordinates the follow-up care on the tube feeding regimes, performs feeding tube changes and motivates and guides patients to adapt to changes in lifestyle for better quality of life.
In addition to developing patient care guidelines and protocols on nutrition support, the Nutrition Support Nurse Clinician also helps to coordinate and manage the assignment of acute and chronic nutritional access devices, both for enteral and parenteral feeding.
She is responsible for providing education and training to nurses, paramedical staff and caregivers.