Integration of credentialed practitioners across the spectrum of healthcare increases productivity, access to resources, heightens collaboration, supports quality nutrition care and improves benchmarking strategies for interventions and quality outcomes measures. The partnership between the dietetic technician, registered and registered dietitian nutritionist, in the acute, ambulatory, and community health care settings, is an underutilized strategy.

This session will review the scope of practice of NDTRs while providing a deep insight into their role in different health care settings. In addition, participants will delve into several case studies to support the effective development of programs that provide the availability of NDTRs to support and improve quality care, in both acute care and dialysis clinics.

The session will describe how critical thinking and supporting evidence were utilized in process improvement to develop programs of healthcare collaboration to senior management and nutrition and dietetic practitioners. Ultimately, this session will focus on enhancing outcomes utilizing the unique advantages NDTRs offer to quality of care and budgets in a resource-limited healthcare industry.