Clinical Dietitian-Inpatient Casual Days
Posted Oct 5, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you counseled a patient who did not want to change how they eat.
What they are checking: Whether they can motivate patients with respect for their culture and goals instead of lecturing.
Tell me about a nutrition plan that did not work as expected. What did you change?
What they are checking: Whether they monitor outcomes and adjust instead of setting a plan and moving on.
What would you do
This is a casual role covering leave and PTO. How do you get up to speed on a unit's patients when you come in for a single day?
What they are checking: Whether they can pick up mid-stream care quickly and safely with little hand-holding.
A physician disagrees with your feeding recommendation. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can defend their reasoning with evidence while staying collaborative with the team.
How do you adjust your nutrition plan for a patient whose cultural or religious practices affect what they eat?
What they are checking: Whether they plan for socio-cultural needs, which the posting specifically names.
How do you prioritize your patient list when you have more high-risk patients than time?
What they are checking: Whether they triage by nutrition risk and acuity rather than by order of referral.
How do you identify patients who need nutrition counseling but were not referred?
What they are checking: Whether they work with the interdisciplinary team to catch at-risk patients early.
About the work
Walk me through a full nutrition assessment for a newly admitted patient, from what you look at to the plan you write.
What they are checking: Whether they use medical history, anthropometrics, labs and diet history together, as the posting lists.
How do you decide between oral supplements, enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition for a patient?
What they are checking: Whether they can choose the right feeding route and justify it to the care team.
How do you calculate calorie and protein needs for a critically ill patient, and what changes your numbers?
What they are checking: Whether they can make sound estimates and adjust for illness, weight and kidney or liver function.
What lab values do you watch most closely, and what would make you change a plan right away?
What they are checking: Whether they connect labs like electrolytes, glucose and albumin to real nutrition decisions.
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