Dysphagia
Nutrition Care Process
Last Updated: 2023-04-13
Target Group: All Adults
Nutrition Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation
Nutrition Assessment
All individuals with or at risk of dysphagia should be assessed for nutritional status (2). The initial assessment of nutrition status provides a baseline to compare against. See Additional Content: Does dysphagia assessment and management fall within a dietitian’s scope of practice?
All individuals with or at risk of dysphagia should be assessed for nutritional status (2). The initial assessment of nutrition status provides a baseline to compare against. See Additional Content: Does dysphagia assessment and management fall within a dietitian’s scope of practice?
Factors to consider in the nutritional assessment of an individual who has dysphagia may include the following parameters using NCP terminology in the table below.
Nutrition Monitoring and