Explain TechnologicaI advances of clinical dietitian

TechnologicaI advances in nutritional  support for the critically ill have enhanced the clinical dietitian's role. In the hospital, dietitians oversee the preparation of custorn-mixed high-nutrition formulas for patients who are critically or terminally ill and require special feeding through oral, enteral or parenteral  route.  In the home health field, they help develop  and oversee sophisticated nutritional thel-apies 'for home6ound  patients who, because of  surgery or  illness, are unable to  eat regular  foods. In addition,  clinical dietitians  in nursing  care  facilities, small hospitals or col-rectional  facilities may manage the food service department.