Practice Tools

The Scope and Standards of Practice for the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR) do not guarantee that a practitioner will be able to perform expanded practice skills, but it can guide the practitioner to resources that evaluate whether they can safely and effectively provide an expanded practice skill and advance individual practice. CDR created Practice Tools to assist practitioners with this evaluation.

A Practice Tool can be comprised of any of the following components: Practice Tips, Case Studies, Practice Clips (short videos), or infographics. Practice tips aid in navigating practice by providing resources and asking critical, thought-provoking questions. Case studies demonstrate the application of the Scope of Practice Decision Algorithm to practice scenarios. The example scenarios provide guidance, resources and options that can be used to evaluate whether the specific task is within the credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioner’s individual scope of practice.

Competence in Practice

• Practice Tips: Legal Implications of Scope of Practice
• Practice Tips: Competence in Practice 
• Practice Clip: Competence in Practice
• Practice Clip: Case Study- Competence in Practice
• Practice Tips: Considerations for Retired Credentialed Practitioners
• Practice Tips: Considerations for the 'Non-Registered' Status Individual Practicing in the Nutrition and Dietetics Field
• Practice Tips: Using Practice Standards to Inform your Professional Development Portfolio

Licensure, Regulations and Telehealth

• Practice Tips: CDR Certification vs State Licensure: What is the Difference?
• Practice Tips: Delivery of Nutrition-Related Services Using Telehealth
• Practice Clip: Navigating Licensure Related Topics
• Case Study: RDNs Delivering Telehealth Nutrition-Related Services in Hospital Outpatient Setting
• Case Study: RDNs Delivering Telehealth Diabetes Care and Education-Related Services
• Case Study: NDTRs Delivering Telehealth Nutrition-Related Services
• Medical Records: More Than the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Supervision and Autonomy

• Practice Tips: RDN-NDTR Team — Steps to Preserve
• Practice Tips: What is Meant by "Under the Supervision of the RDN?"
• Practice Tips: NDTRs and Autonomy 
• Infographic: NDTR Autonomy Decision Tree
• Practice Tips: When to Cosign
• Practice Clip: Supervision and Autonomy

Interprofessional Collaboration and Advanced Practice

• Practice Clip: Interprofessional Collaboration and Advanced Practice
• Case Study: Expanding RDN Practice
• Case Study: Screening for Swallowing Difficulty by RDNs
• Case Study: NDTRs and Health and Wellness Coaching

Navigating Ordering Privileges and Delegated Orders

• Practice Tips: Implementing Hospital Ordering Privileges for the RDN
• Appendix: Implementing Hospital Ordering Privileges for the RDN
• Practice Tips:  Regulations Impacting Practice for RDNs and NDTRs in Long-Term Care Facilities
• Practice Clip: Ordering Privileges and Delegated Orders
• Practice Clip: Case Study- Expanding Hospital Ordering Privileges
• Case Study: RDN to Write Independent Parenteral Nutrition (PN)/Enteral Nutrition (EN) Orders

Health Equity and Cultural Humility

• Practice Tips: Health Equity and Food Insecurity RDN and NDTR Roles and Responsibilities
• Practice Tips: Cultural Competence Resources 

IMPACT Act 

• Incidence of Major Falls 
• Functional Status and Cognitive Function 
• Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions Rates 
• Skin integrity and Changes in Skin integrity 
• Fact Sheet: RDNs Making an IMPACT