Clinical Nutrition About us
Clinical Nutrition Services enhances the quality of life by providing optimal treatment to patients and families while educating about diet and lifestyle choices. Teaching the public, dietetic students, and other health professionals about current nutrition practices is also important. This involves using research to gain knowledge and improve results, public health, and the practice of medicine. Lastly, it means participating in community organizations to promote nutrition information to improve overall health.
Registered dietitians (RDs) at Geisinger Medical Center, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, and Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Medical Center are committed to delivering excellent patient care. They take pride in providing accurate, up to date information that is based on scientific evidence. Patient education materials are regularly revised and updated to provide easy-to-read information to patients.
Inpatient RDs monitor the health and wellness of patients who are admitted to the hospital. This includes daily management of nutritional status related to food and supplement intake, lab values, weight gain or loss, difficulties chewing or swallowing, appetite status, and enteral and parenteral nutrition management. They cover 17 units seven days a week and someone is on call to answer questions on Sundays. Additional inpatient units staffed with a Geisinger Dietitian include:
Geisinger's Health South Rehabilitation Center
RDs provide patient care by monitoring nutritional status, oral intake, laboratory values, supplemental preferences, food concerns and patient satisfaction.
Dialysis units
RDs manage patient needs at the Geisinger Medical Center dialysis units by monitoring weekly labs and distributing periodic report cards for patients to track patient progress while regularly evaluating their diets. Geisinger RDs also staff the Selinsgrove Dialysis Unit and Mount Carmel Dialysis Unit.
Additional nutrition services offered within Geisinger include Gastroenterology & Nutrition, which consists of a weight management clinic, malnutrition clinic, and home tube-feeding clinic.
Contact us Clinical Nutrition Services
Geisinger Medical Center
100 N. Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-0115
Phone: (570) 271-6468
Fax: (570) 271-7805 | Clinical Nutrition Services
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
1000 E. Mountain Blvd.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Phone: (570) 826-7744
Fax: (570) 826-7350 |
Clinical Nutrition Services
Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Medical Center
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The following Geisinger community practice clinics also offer nutrition support services:
Bloomsburg (570) 784-8303
Berwick (570) 759-1228
Lewisburg (570) 523-0055
Lycoming (570) 368-2870
Milton (570) 742-2655
Lake Scranton (570)342-8500
Moosic (570) 344-4711
Tunkhannock (570) 836-2121
Kistler Clinic Wilkes-Barre (570) 829-2621
Mountain Top (570) 474-5978
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