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Nutrition Care Process
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' standardized four-step clinical workflow: Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Also: ADIME, NCP
A systematic problem-solving framework used by registered dietitian nutritionists to provide nutrition care to individuals, groups, or populations. Step 1 (Assessment) obtains and verifies data. Step 2 (Diagnosis) identifies and labels nutrition problems. Step 3 (Intervention) plans and implements purposeful actions. Step 4 (Monitoring and Evaluation) determines progress and outcomes. Nutrition screening and outcomes management surround the cycle but are not unique to dietetics. The NCP uses the standardized eNCPT vocabulary for documentation.
How each textbook covers it
Krause and Mahan's Food and the Nutrition Care Process, 16th ed. — Chapter 9
A systematic problem-solving framework used by registered dietitian nutritionists to provide nutrition care to individuals, groups, or populations. Step 1 (Assessment) obtains and verifies data. Step 2 (Diagnosis) identifies and labels nutrition problems. Step 3 (Intervention) plans and implements purposeful actions. Step 4 (Monitoring and Evaluation) determines progress and outcomes. Nutrition screening and outcomes management surround the cycle but are not unique to dietetics. The NCP uses the standardized eNCPT vocabulary for documentation.
Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 12th ed. — Ch 58: Nutrition Assessment
The NCP provides structured terminology (IDNT/eNCPT) for documenting nutrition diagnoses (PES statements: Problem-Etiology-Signs/Symptoms), interventions, and outcomes. It supports interprofessional communication and quality measurement. MNHD Ch 58 (Matarese, Brody, Touger-Decker) treats the NCP as the organizing framework for clinical nutrition practice and links it to GLIM and nutrition-focused physical exam.
Related terms
ADIME, GLIM criteria, Nutrition Diagnosis, Nutrition-focused physical exam, PES Statement, RDN, eNCPT