Nutrition Support Team(NST)
April 24,2021 Update
Introduction
Thank you for visiting the home page of Saitama Medical Center NST. As you know, the NST (Nutrition Support Team) is a team that supports the nutrition of patients in cooperation with a wide range of medical professions.
On our homepage, we mainly introduce the contents of our NST activities and the practical training of the NST specialist therapists. Since the start of the NST, we have been working hard to meet the needs of everyone while all of our staff is still sharing their opinions. If you have any questions or comments, we would be happy to hear from you by e-mail to the NST office (smcnst@saitama-med.ac.jp).
Saitama Medical Center
Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery & Pediatric Surgery
NST Team Leader
Akio odaka
Introduction of our Hospital NST
The NST started in July 2001 based on a proposal from the Department of Clinical Laboratory of our hospital asking, "Can we expect early recovery, prevention of complications, QOL improvement, shortening of the number of hospital days by measuring the pre-albumin (Transthyretin-TTR), one of the nutritional assessment items, and by accurately evaluating and managing the nutritional status of hospitalized patients?" Based on that premise, we organized a team of physicians, laboratory technicians, nurses, pharmacists, and national registered dietitians, and began investigating and examining the nutritional status of patients who underwent digestive surgery in the surgical ward, and this was the basis of our NST activities. After that, we continued case study meetings and study groups, and established a target of, "Is it possible to provide high quality medical treatment to patients by conducting proper nutritional therapy?" Our NST newly started activities based on requests from all the departments from October 1, 2003.
The current NST have established core members consisting of seven departments including eight physicians, the Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nursing Department, Department of Pharmacy, Department of Nutrition, Department of Clinical Engineering, and Administrative Department, and each ward and other department has an NST working member and linked staff. In addition, there are 19 NST specialist therapists (6 clinical laboratory technologists, 4 pharmacists, 3 registered dietitians and 3 nurses) enrolled, and we are also operating as a training facility for NST specialist therapists.
Activity details
Our Hospital NST does NST nutritional support proposals by Doctor's direct request and nutritional management plans, and we have been performing the abstraction of high risk patients with linked nurses.
The main activities of NST are,
- Rounds/Conferences: Every Monday and Tuesday, every other Wednesday
- Core Member Meetings: Reviewing and discussing matter of concern, etc. (once per month)
- Workshops: 1st Monday (1 time/month)
* We improve the skills of our staff by utilizing various themes such as training sessions, study sessions, and case studies.
< Rounds/Conferences flow >
In addition, our NST holds a joint study meeting for the NST operation facilities in the Kawagoe area, and we also conduct study sessions, lectures and speeches outside the hospital.
| Objective | To acquire the knowledge necessary for nutritional therapy To unify the mindset for hospital nutrition therapy |
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| Participation | With open participation from inside the hospital (Information provided by posters, etc.), and participate allowed from outside the hospital ⇒ All course graduates are issued a certificate of completion |
| Instructor | In principle, this is done by the NST core members. (We may invite the instructor from outside at the discretion of the core member) |
| Held | In principle, once a month, 1st Monday, 17:45-18:45pm, Small Auditorium |
* Please note that the contents and schedule, etc., may change.
| Date | Theme | Content | Responsible |
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| 5/13 (second Monday) |
What is the NST? Nutrition Therapy |
NST Specialist Therapist: Introduction to Nutritional Management (1) About NST and nutritional management About Nutritional therapy selection |
NST Team Leader NST exclusive |
| 6/7 | About NST support patients | NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) Nutritional screening and assessment |
Nurse |
| 7/5 | Oral care | NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) About oral care About practices |
Doctor Dental hygienists |
| 8/2 | Examination and nutrition | NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) General theory of nutritional evaluation indexes How to test by condition and by symptom How to read test values About enteral nutrients |
Clinical laboratory technologist |
| 9/6 | Eating/Swallowing disorders | NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) About patients with swallowing disorders Medication and Dysphagia |
Nurse Pharmacist |
| 10/4 | Enteral nutrition | NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) Planning and monitoring of enteral nutrition |
Registered dietitian |
| 11/1 | Intravenous nutrition | NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) Planning and monitoring of intravenous nutrition |
Pharmacist |
| 12/6 | Nutritional management by pathology |
NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) About electrolyte management |
Doctor |
| 1/17 (Third Monday) |
Nutritional management by pathology |
NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) | Doctor |
| 2/4 (Friday) |
Nutritional management by pathology |
NST Specialist Therapist: Lecture and Practical Work (1) | Doctor |
| 3/7 | Case study meetings | NST Specialist Therapist: Case studies (1 case) |
All members |
*Please note that the contents and schedule, etc., may change.
Created April 2021
Notice about NST Specialist Therapist Clinical hands-on training
We accept hands-on training at our hospital once a year.
Since June 2006, we have accepted 71 students (in-hospital and outside the hospital), and many of them have been active as dedicated and full-time employees of the NST and have passed the NST Specialist Therapist examination which is certified by the Japanese Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition.
| (1) Training period schedule | From June 3, 2019 (Monday) to July 18 (Thursday) * You will be enrolled for nine days during about one month. Please confirm the schedule. Please note that the dates are subject to change. |
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| (2) Number of applicants | About 1 - 2 |
| (3) Application period | Recruitment is ended. |
| (4) Application method | Please apply by e-mail after filling out the following necessary items. After confirming the contents of the application, we will send you an email with information on the procedures for the necessary documents. |
| (5) Application conditions | Nothing particular |
| (6) Cost | Please inquire by email. < Necessary items >
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| (7) Application address | Saitama Medical Center The Nutrition Support Team (NST) office, Miki Omuro smcnst@saitama-med.ac.jp * Please write "NST Specialist Therapist Hands-on Training Application" in the subject.
Caution
Please be sure to check the schedule on this curriculum schedule  before you apply.Please refrain from the last minute cancellations before the start of the course. |
* Please contact the NST office if you have any questions.
* Contact for questions: Nutrition Support Team (NST) office (Department of Nutrition Clinical Nutrition Management Office)
e-mail ： smcnst＠saitama-med.ac.jp
