Identification of clinical dietetic practitioners' time use for the provision of nutrition care
1981
A survey of 246 hospital dietitians provided information for developing clinical dietetics staffing guidelines. Data were collected on time estimates for patient-specific and non-patient-specific activities and on factors that affect the time spent on these activities. Pattern analysis was based on a nutritional care matrix that delineated activities by level of care (basic, intermediate, in-depth). An inverse relationship emerged between frequency of activity and level of care. Duties most frequently performed were those related to patient assessment, followed by patient counseling and medical recording. Facility and practitioner variables, such as number and occupancy of beds, or percentage of patients on modified diets, seemed to have little effect on time requirements for various activities. Patient-specific activities seemed to consume more time in teaching than in non-teaching hospitals and in the smallest and largest rather than in the middle-sized hospitals. The information for this study can be used to determine staffing needs for a desired level of nutritional care. (cj)
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