Standards of Practice for Nutrition Support Pharmacists

of their professional time to nutrition support activities.These activities may include direct patient care, research relevant to nutrition support therapy, teaching, and administrative responsibilities.These standards are not intended for the pharmacist who occasionally provides nutrition support to patients, but rather to those who by virtue of education, training, experience, and personal interest wish to be identified as an NSP and provide expertise in collaboration with other healthcare professionals. Level of Care:These Standards of Practice represent a range of competencies that should be provided by any NSP within or outside the context of a formal nutrition support service or team.The application of standards in any individual case should be determined by the best judgment of the NSP, as well as their position and practice environment.The Standards are presented in the most generic terms possible.Details of patient care are left to the discretion of the individual NSP, healthcare professionals, and nutrition support services or teams.The Standards aim to provide a basis for sound and efficient nutrition care for patients in all healthcare settings in need of nutrition support therapy.Terminology to be included in each standard are specified as: a. "Shall": indicates standards to be followed strictly.b. "Should": indicates that among several possibilities one is particularly suitable, without mentioning or excluding others, or that a certain course of action is preferred but not necessarily required.c. "May": indicates a course of action which is permissible within the limits of recommended practice.