The Hospital Inpatient Clinical Nutrition Service provides nutritional care and education to all patients and families admitted to the hospital. Patients admitted to the hospital are screened for nutritional risk as part of the Nursing assessment. Once a patient is identified by the nurse, the dietitian assesses the patient and determines the level of risk and complexity of assessment, including: age; diagnosis/procedure or treatment. The dietitian is especially trained in the assessment and care of the forced fed, metabolically compromised patient. Our nutrition care is integrated with the medical care to ensure expert nutritional interventions for the most complex nutritional deficiencies. The dietitians attend ward rounds with the house staff. They are assigned patients by physician team or service line to ensure effective communication and continuity of patient care throughout the patient’s hospitalization. Patients are educated on their modified diet prior to discharge. The dietitians educate patients and families in individualized sessions.