Metabolic Nutrition Registered Dietitian
Metabolic Nutrition Registered Dietitians in Wenatchee, WA
Dietary Manager
Ms. Joann Gruener is a Dietary Manager in Wenatchee, WA
with special training and skill in food service management, nutrition therapy, and food safety monitoring.
As a Dietary Manager, Joann Gruener, RD, MPH performs
specialized diet management in restaurants, hospitals, schools, nursing homes, and prisons. Dietary Management is
the provision of food for those in noncommercial facilities. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Dietary Managers include constipation, diabetes, weight loss, heart disease, food allergies, coeliac disease, dysphagia, malnutrition, foodborne illness, and eating disorders.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Dietary Managers
include creating menus and meal plans, buying food, assisting in meal creation, overseeing and maintaining safety standards, and collaborating with healthcare providers and staff members to deliver nutritious meals to patients.
A dietary manager is a trained food services professional who is charged with maintaining cost/profit objectives, purchasing foods and services for the department and supervising staff.. Dietary managers are trained to understand the basic nutritional needs of clients and work in partnership with dietitians, who offer specialized nutritional expertise. The CDM certified dietary manager designation is an advanced professional credential awarded to dietary managers who have completed specific course work, have passed the national credentialing exams (including a sanitation and safety exam) and have applied for certification.
Dietary Managers in Wenatchee, WA
Nutrition Educator
Nutrition Educators in Wenatchee, WA
Pediatric Nutrition Registered Dietitian
An individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition and applies evidence-based nutrition knowledge in providing medical nutrition therapy for pediatric patients. Specialists work directly with healthy and/or ill children (newborn up to 21 years of age) as well as children with special health care needs in a variety of settings (hospitals, community-based and/or family-centered programs, education programs, home, etc.), OR indirectly through management, care coordination, education, quality improvement, or research practice linked specifically to pediatric nutrition.
Pediatric Nutrition Registered Dietitians in Wenatchee, WA
Renal Nutrition Registered Dietitian
An individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition and works directly with adult and/or pediatric patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1-5, or receiving renal replacement therapies (dialysis/transplant) in a variety of settings, OR works indirectly in management, education, or research practice linked specifically to renal nutrition. The specialist in renal/nephrology nutrition is responsible for nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation.
Renal Nutrition Registered Dietitians in Wenatchee, WA