American Dietetic Association and the National Kidney Foundation Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians (generalist, specialty, and advanced) in nephrology care.

The American Dietetic Association (ADA) Renal Dietitians Practice Group (RPG) and the National Kidney Foundation Council on Renal Nutrition (NKF CRN), under the guidance of the ADA Quality Management Committee and Scope of Dietetics Practice Framework Sub-Committee, have developed the Standards of Practice (SOP) and Standards of Professional Performance (SOPP) for Registered Dietitians (Generalist, Specialty, and Advanced) in Nephrology Care (Supplementary Figures 1, 2, and 3 are available only online at www.jrnjournal.org).

Coaching patients to succeed in adhering to a renal diet.

As nephrology dietitians, we have the responsibility to provide useful information in understandable terms. This may involve different methods of education depending on the patients learning preferences. Once this is accomplished and we have checked for patient understanding, it is then the responsibility of the patient to adhere to the recommendations.