Inpatient Cancer Nutrition
Services Provided:
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Evaluation and assessment of nutrition status
- Development and implementation of nutritional care plans and goals
- Weekly follow up for all patients to assess the effects of medical nutrition therapy (MNT)
- Education provided to patients and family members to optimize their recovery and their nutritional and medical outcomes
Goals of Nutrition Therapy:
- To complete and utilize a nutrition focused assessment
- Guide and support patients through treatment
- Provide education to patients and family members
- Help individuals learn the self management skills to successfully manage diet related risk factors and symptoms of disease and their treatments in an evidence-based, team orientented manner
For Further Information Contact the Inpatient Oncology Nutritionist:
Claire Morris, RD,
CNSC
PO Box 800673
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0673
Phone: 434-924-2723
Fax: 434-982-3957
E-Mail:mailto:jcm8x@healthsystem.virginia.edu
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Education: University of Texas, Austin, TX
BS in Nutrition
BA in Spanish, Hispanic Studies
Dietetic Internship: University of Virginia Health System -Charlottesville, VA
Professional Membership: American Dietetic Association
