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dietary aide
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The Dietary Aide works with dieticians and doctors to provide nutritious meals to patients or residents of nursing facilities. Their role is to talk to patients about their dietary preferences, and provide them with healthy meals they enjoy. Their responsibilities are reviewing patient's dietary requirements and preferences, preparing individual dietary menus based on the patient's medical conditions, physical health, preferences and distastes, inspecting special diet trays to ensure they comply with the dietary restrictions, reporting problems with the patient swallowing, chewing or loss of appetite, counseling and educating patients and their families on proper nutrition, assisting with ...

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  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in General Studies
    The number of occurrences matches with Dietary Aide in our database.
    Avg. Duration:45 monthsAvg. Fees:$23,007Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree in General Studies
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    Avg. Duration:30 monthsAvg. Fees:$18,910Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Certificate in Graphic Design
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    Avg. Duration:4 monthsAvg. Fees:NAType:Mostly part timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Degree in Nutrition Sciences
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    Avg. Duration:46 monthsAvg. Fees:$29,709Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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2.1 years
$32K
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1.27 years
Entry
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3
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