NHM 195: Dietetics Question

Professional organization for dietitians (old name, new name, web address)

old name: American Dietetic Association (ADA)
New name as of January 2012: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
web adress: www.eatright.org

Requirements to become a registered dietician/nutritionist

1. bachelor's degree with a major in food and nutrition
2.complete an accreditation council for education in nutrition and dietetics program (ACEND)
-requires 1200 hours of supervised practice experience
-examples: Coordinated didactic program in dietetic

most common areas of practice for RDs

-acute care in hospitals
-long term care or home health care
-public health (county and state departments)
-food services management fro school systems, hospitals, nursing homes, colleges and universities
-food and nutrition related businesses
-private pr

dietetic practice groups

what are they: professional internal groups that network members within the same interest or practice
who can join: any member of the academy of nutrition and dietetics

name of the accreditation body that accredits dietetic education programs

coordinated program in dietetics (CPD), didactic program in dietetics (DPD), dietetic internship

coordinated program in dietetics (CPD)

-combines regular coursework with supervised practice experience
-4 year program
-requires interim and summer term junior year and possible travel
-27 students accepted per year
-275 students in the food and nutrition major
-1200 hours of supervised pract

Didactic Program in dietetics (DPD)

before entering the program students should have a C- or higher in:
-CH 104 and 105
-BSC 215 and 216
-NHM 101,195,201,253
-PY 101 and BER 345
2.75 GPA or higher

dietetic internship (DI)

-must be part of UA's Didactic program in dietetics (DPD) in order to apply
-begin after graduation
-usually one year in length that would begin in the fall or spring after graduation
-sometimes combines graduate work towards masters with the internship
-

characteristics of a successful applicant

-good grades, especially in science classes
-leadership experiences
-work experience
-volunteer experience
-membership in the student dietetic association or a local dietetic association
-student membership in the academy of nutrition and dietetics
-atten

when to apply

CPD:
-early fall or early spring term junior year
-information meetings held prior to application periods
DI in the DPD:
-take the GRE junior year
-apply september or february of graduation year
-must be a part of the DPD

continuing education required for continued registration by the CDR every 5 years

75 hours

pt

patient

DM

diabetes mellitus

Bx

biopsy

po

by mouth

OTC

over the counter

H/O

history of

GTT

glucose tolerance test

tid

three times a day

bid

twice a day

prn

as the need arises

ac

before meals

pp

after meals

RBC

red blood cell count

WBC

white blood cell count

CABG

coronary artery bypass graft

CBC

complete blood count

CHF

congestive heart failure

MI

myocardial infection

BM

bowel movement

GERD

gastroesophogeal reflux disease

GI

gastrointestinal

NPO

nothing by mouth

Dx

diagnosis

Hx

history

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

cyt/o

cell

Hgb

hemoglobin

Hct

hematocrit

Peri-

surrounding

Epi-

upon

Endo-

inside or inner

Cardi/o

heart

-gram

picture or record

-graph

instrument used to make a recording or picture

-graphy

process of using a recording instrument

-grapher

person who makes the recording or picture

Electr/o

electrical

Ech/o

sound made by "reflected sound waves

Radi/o

x-rays

Tom/o

slices or planes

-algia

pain

brady-

slow

ather/o

thick like pride, fatty

thromb/o

clot

phleb/o

vein

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

lymph/o

lymph

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

scler/o

hard

fibr/o

fibrous

steth/o

chest

rhythm/o

rhythm

-plasty

surgical repair

-oma

tumor, growth

-lysis

destruction, breakdown

-statis

control, stopping

-genesis

development generating

tachy-

fast or rapid

-ectomy

to cut out

TIA

transient ischemic attack

neur/o

nerves

psych/o

functions of the mind and mental processes

-iatrist

including a physician or specialist

hydr/o

water or fluid

-philia

love, affinity for, or attraction

encephal/o

brain

-cele

swelling

-malacia

softening of tissue

-tomy

making an incision

mening/o

meninges

myel

spinal cord and bone marrow

-plasia

development or formation

crani/o

skull

cerebr/o

part of the brain

aden/o

glands

meta-

beyond

oste/o

bone

chondr/o

cartilage

lip/o

fat

rhabd/o

rod shaped

my/o

muscle

carcin/o

cancer

onc/o

tumor

stomat/o

mouth

glodd/o

tongue

lingu/o

tongue (adj form)

gingiv/o

tongue

esophagi/o

esophagus

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhagia

bleeding, hemorrhage

-rrhaphy

suturing, stiching

enter/o

intestine or small intestine

dys-

difficulty or pain

col/o

colon

rect/o

rectum

proct/o

rectal and anus area

-plegia

paralysis

hepat/o

liver

pancreat/o

pancreas

-lith

stone or calculus

splen/o

spleen

abdomin/o

abdomen

amni/o

the amnion, the protective sac that surrounds the fetus

lith/o

stone or calculus

chol/e

gall or bile

bil/l

bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

-pepsis

digestion

-ase

enzyme

phag/o

eat

-phagia

eating

-stasis

stopping or controling

mal-

bad

bar/o

weight

oste/o

bone

arthr/o

joint

ten/o

tendon

cost/o

ribs

dent/o

teeth

lumb/o

lower back

thorac/o

chest

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid from a cavity

supra-

above, over, or on the top side

pub/o

pubic

stern/o

breastboen

OA

osteoarthritis

RA

rheumatoid arthritis

sperm/o

sperm

-cide

to kill or destroy

orchid/o

testicle

crypt/is

hidden

prostat/o

prostate gland

balan/o

glans penis

pen/p

penis

vas/o

vessel

gynec/o

woman

o/o

egg or ovum

oophor/o

ovary

colp/p

vagina

salping/o

fallopian tubes

hyster/o

uterus

cervic/o

cervix

lapar/o

abdominal wall

mamm/o

breast

men/o

menses

-gravida

pregnancies

-para

births

ot/o

ear

rhin/o

nose

laryng/o

larynx

myring/o

eardrum

phas/o

speech

audi/o

hearing

trache/o

trachea

pharyng/o

pharynx

phren/o

diaphragm

pne/o

breathing

pneumon/o

lung

dia-

through

peri-

aorund

homo-

same

strept/o

twisted chains

staphyl/o

clusters like grapes

pyr/o

heat or fire

aer/o

air

pharmacy/o

pertaining to drugs

myc/o

fungus

glyc/o

sugar

FSH

follicle-stimulating hormone