WIC Nutritionists

Local Agency WIC Nutritionists (LAWN)

LAWN meetings and materials

Formula

Oregon WIC Medical Documentation Form (MDF)

Formulary

• Oregon WIC formulary
• Texas WIC formula resources
• Job aid - Medical formulas
• Job aid - Standard infant formulas
• How to change to a new formula (video)
  
• Changing Your Baby to a New Formula - English/Spanish (PDF)
  
• Instructions for concentrating formula (accessed through Basecamp or your assigned nutrition consultant)
• Metabolic formula, referrals to Metabolic Clinic

Formula Warehouse

• Providence Formulary
  
• Formula Warehouse ordering procedures
  
• Policy 733: Formula Warehouse

Medical documentation

• Oregon WIC Medical Documentation Form (MDF)
• Policy 765: Medical Documentation
• 'Infant foods for a child' decision tree
• Job aid - Qualifying conditions, ICD-10 codes, and WIC risks

Enteral, tube feeding

• Enteral/Home Medical companies listings (under construction)
• Helping families access Medicaid for payment of formulas (under construction)
• Medicaid form: Form 3978-Prior Authorization for Medications and Oral Nutritional Supplements
• Health Systems Division memo on provision of Enteral nutrition services

Orientation to WIC RDN services

What it means to be a WIC RDN

• Essential Staff Competency Tables for WIC nutritionists
• Policy 830: Nutrition counseling and services for high-risk participants
• Policy 440: Staff training requirements
• Policy 661: Competent Professional Authority: Appropriate couseling for risk levels
• Application for reimbursement for WIC Nutritionists training time
• Guide for developing and enhancing skills in public health and community nutrition (2018 ASPHN)
• Training our workforce: A new guide for training public health and community nutrition professionals (joint project with AND Public Health/Community Health practice group and ASPHN, 2018 PowerPoint and recorded webinar)
  
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists in Public Health and Community Nutrition (AND 2015)

Additional training resources

• Ellyn Satter Institute
• Molly Kellogg's Counseling Intensive for Nutrition Professionals
• Ongoing trainings, Pediatric Nutrition Practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Marketing WIC RDN services

• What a Registered Dietitian can do for you! (video, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2012)
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Changing the World (video, AND 2014)
• Working at WIC (video, California WIC 2018)
• What can a pediatric registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) do for your family (brochure, PNPG)

Roles and tasks

• Policy 830: Nutrition counseling and services for high-risk participants

High-risk documentation

• Policy 840: Documentation for nutrition-focused education and counseling
• Examples of high-risk documentation (under construction)

High-risk related resources

• Nutrition risk list search (at bottom of page)
• Information about medical conditions

Specific risk-related resources

Diabetes Prevention

• Risk 302 - Gestational diabetes
  
• Risk 303 - History of Gestational Diabetes
  
• Risk 363 - Pre-Diabetes
  
• National Diabetes Prevention Program FAQ and Referrals
  
• Time Sensitive: Recruitment flyer to online National DPP, Hope 80/20
  
• Diabetes and Pregnancy Program, DAPP guidelines, OHSU OB/GYN
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - National Diabetes Prevention Program
  

Prematurity

• Risk 141 - Low birth weight
• Risk 142 - Preterm or early term delivery
• Nutrition Practice Care Guidelines for Preterm Infants in the Community (2016; developed by Oregon dietitians)

Genetics

• Risk 351 - Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• PKU Handout

Risk-related in-services

• 2019 Risk Update and related resources
• 2018 Required Screening for Anemia
• 2018 Head Circumference

Other resources

State Associations and resources

• Pediatric Nutrition Collaborative (accessed via Basecamp)
• Oregon Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group (OPNPG)
• Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (OAND)
• Portland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (PAND)
• Oregon Public Health Association (OPHA)
• Oregon Washington Lactation Association (OWLA)
• Southern Oregon Lactation Association (SOLA)
• Reimbursement and Payment Resources

National Associations and resources

• Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN)
• Public Health Nutrition
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Dietetic Resources - Public Health and Community
  
• Certificate of Training program - Public Health Nutrition modules
• National WIC Association
• International Lactation Consultant Association
• Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
• Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists

Speciality certifications and endorsements

• International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant
• Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES - formerly known as Certified Diabetes Educator)
• Commission on Dietetic Registration Specialist Certifications
• Nondiet certifications/Be Nourished

Speciality clinics and related services

• Listing of Specialty clinics: feeding teams, NICU follow-up, Metabolic, Intensive Care Units, lactation centers and equipment rentals, public health nursing services, milk bank drop-off sites (under construction)