Nutrition Support Assistant 2027

About this course

Behind every accurate hospital diet is a nutrition support assistant who gathers the facts the registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) needs. You take diet histories, track intake, screen for nutrition risk, keep every tray matched to the active order and pass concerns along fast. This course teaches the job the way it is really done: your role, your scope of practice and who on the nutrition care team does what, how to find the active diet order, allergies and NPO status in the record, how to screen for malnutrition risk and refer red flags to the RDN, what common therapeutic diets limit and how IDDSI textures keep swallowing safe, how to support tube feeding safely within your role, how to spot and flag a possible food to drug interaction, how to write a factual, timed note and where you fit in the Nutrition Care Process, and how to protect privacy, keep food and formula safe and speak up clearly.

It is built from Impact Training Company’s 2027 Clinical Nutrition Support curriculum and reviewed against the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition Care Process and Nutrition Care Manual, CMS Conditions of Participation (42 CFR 482.28), The Joint Commission’s standards and National Performance Goals, ASPEN Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy, the IDDSI Framework, the FDA Food Code (2022 and 2026) and the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

How it works

• 8 lessons plus a one-day practice lab, with real hospital scenarios
• An 8-question practice quiz after each lesson, unlimited tries
• Final quiz: 25 questions from a bank of 32, 80 percent to pass, 3 attempts
• Certificate of completion

Included job aid: the Diet Office Pocket Card, a printable one-page reference for reading orders, screening red flags, therapeutic diets, tube feeding support and food to drug flags. Download it inside the course.

What this course is, and is not

This is knowledge training. It does not replace your hospital’s orientation or the competency sign-off your supervisor or RDN does on the job. When this course and your hospital’s policy differ, follow your policy.

This course earns an ITC certificate of completion. It is not a food handler card, a food protection manager certificate, or the CDM/CFPP or NDTR credential, and it does not promise a job or a raise.