Nutrition Nurse

Job Description:

• Screen all under five years old children and pregnant and lactating women for acute malnutrition
• Lead individual and group nutrition counseling sessions tailored to the needs of clients and caregivers
• Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures.
• Ensure accurate recording of nutrition information in the clinic registers, and timely completion of summary reports.
• Record and carry-out growth monitoring including height, weight, MUAC measurement of all children under two years old.
• Deliver counseling for mothers/caregivers of all children under two years old on proper IYCF practices, prevention infections and community mobilization.
• Categorize all the children in Normal, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).
• Distributing of RUTF and RUSF for SAM and MAM diagnosed children and Super-Cereal for PLWs with acute malnutrition.
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