Focus Area Scope and Standards for RDNs
Focus Area Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance are tools used by RDNs for self-assessment, professional development and advancement of practice. Learn more by reviewing articles from the Journal collections, or the available Highlights below.
Focus Area Standards with CDR Specialist Credentials Journal Collection
- Adult Weight Management
- Nephrology Nutrition (Joint Publication with the National Kidney Foundation)
- Oncology Nutrition
- Pediatric Nutrition
- Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Nutrition
- Sports and Human Performance Nutrition
Focus Area Standards for RDNs Journal Collection
- Clinical Nutrition Management (SOPP only)
- Diabetes Care
- Eating Disorders
- Education of Nutrition and Dietetics Practitioners (SOPP only)
- Effective March 2025, The Revised 2018 Standards of Professional Performance for RDNs (Competent, Proficient, and Expert) in Education of Nutrition and Dietetics Practitioner will be retired. For resources related to this focus area see Nutrition and Dietetic Educators and Preceptors (NDEP), CDR’s website for Program Directors, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND), and the Essential Practice Competencies.
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Management of Food and Nutrition Systems (SOPP only)
- Mental Health and Addictions
- Nutrition in Integrative and Functional Medicine
- Nutrition Support (Joint Publication with the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition)
- Public Health and Community Nutrition
- Sustainable, Resilient, and Healthy Food and Water Systems (SOPP only)