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electronic Nutrition Care Process Terminology
Web-based, subscription version of the NCPT containing ~1,700 standardized nutrition care terms.
Also: eNCPT
The eNCPT is the digital, continuously updated edition of the Nutrition Care Process Terminology maintained by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. It provides reference sheets defining each term, listing typical etiologies, and listing common signs and symptoms. Recent updates added public-health intervention terminology. RDNs use the eNCPT to construct standardized PES statements and to map interventions to outcomes.
How one textbook covers it
Krause and Mahan's Food and the Nutrition Care Process, 16th ed. — Chapter 9
The eNCPT is the digital, continuously updated edition of the Nutrition Care Process Terminology maintained by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. It provides reference sheets defining each term, listing typical etiologies, and listing common signs and symptoms. Recent updates added public-health intervention terminology. RDNs use the eNCPT to construct standardized PES statements and to map interventions to outcomes.
Related terms
NCPT, Nutrition Care Process, PES Statement