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In general, for my long-term goal is to help people and make them aware of how much nutrition and physical activity can make a big change in their life. My first goal is applying for the Internship within 2 years of graduating. After I complete my internship I will prepare for the exam by studying all my nutrition notes and books from school as well as all material from my internship. I will apply and take the national registered dietitian exam in order to be a practicing Registered Dietitian.

The Nutritionist will be involved in lifestyle management protocols to educate the patient on food in take to help lower the LDL numbers and also weight management protocols to help in the lowering of the blood pressure.

Dietetic Assistant: food preparation, helps patients with menus, delivers trays, works under supervision of the Dietician

It was an uneventful midmorning day, on the general medical floor; a list of patients already drawn out with what needed to be completed during our shift. A group of people huddled together discussing treatment plans and options. At that present time, rounding was just for physicians and physician assistants. But dietitians were recently included, so I got to watch as the providers presented their cases to one another. One individual stood out above the rest as she was presenting to her attending; she was confident, poised, and didn’t skip a beat during her presentation. Once the meeting was completed she sat down next to me and we started talking. She introduced herself as Becky, a physician assistant. Having never heard of the role before, she explained that she does examinations, diagnosing, carrying out investigations, as well as treatments and prescribing. Becky could tell I appeared very interested in this, and asked if I was able to spend some time shadowing to learn more about her role. The next patient she saw, I was able to go in the room with her and watch her examine a new patient, discuss his course of treatment, and follow up with the attending. She took me through the entire process of seeing a new patient from a PA perspective. That was all I really needed to get the wheels in my head turning for a new career.

Your nutritionist will help find your starting ground. Together, you will work to figure out where you need improvement in your current eating and lifestyle habits and how to best to approach each aspect. As you work with your nutritionist, you will build the foundation for the rest of your weight loss goals and long term success.

Integrating a registered dietitian and their nutritional knowledge into primary care can play an important role in prevention and management of the majority of conditions seen in this setting. For example, in primary care offices general medicine is practiced. It is where patients go for routine checkups or non-emergency medical care. This means the majority of time the professionals

A Certified Clinical Nutritionist is someone who counsels clients on how to either maintain or create healthy diets and ultimately a healthy lifestyle. A bachelor degree, certifications and many hours of internship are required to become a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. Becoming a CCN does not only require an interest and a degree in Nutrition Science. To be a successful professional entails much more. This research will determine the specialized knowledge, skills, abilities, personality, and technology competency that will be attributed to the overall success and achievement in the future of a Certified Clinical Nutrition. An outline and overview of the educational requirements as well as, some career goals will be presented. This study will also take a detailed look at how some current issues in the health sciences relate to the nutrition science profession.

A nutritionist must also have strong investigative, social, and enterprising personal interests. Per the interest profiler survey I took that was outlined in Unit Three, I was graded highest in investigative, social, conventional and enterprising interests. This aligns perfectly with my career choice, and feel that this was the career path I was meant to take. Using investigative qualities, I will be able to work with ideas that require extensive amounts of thinking. This will benefit me as I am conducting nutritional research, searching for facts and solving problems.

With a home care nutritionist, they continue to follow the dietary guidelines set while placed in a hospital but then continue to grow the patient’s knowledge by teaching them more nutritional information. The main goal of a home care nutritionist is to achieve and maintain the dietary needs with a minimal amount of stress of hardship. There is a lot of emotional, physical and mental factors that have to be taken into consideration when a nutritionist in a home care setting approaches a patient and “The Nutritionist in Organized Home Care” covers all attributes of the home care nutritionist

The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist needs to be able to have the pulse and problems affecting the previously mentioned social groups in order to intervene and improve the care provided by health care professionals in charge of these vulnerable communities. Hospitals and social services need to include the RDN in the medical decision making to affect the nutritional needs of the patient. “ An integrated approach is critical with the support from social services, mental health professionals and medical care whenever appropriate” (eatrightpro.org). Healthy eating is paramount and required for the healing of an injured or sick individual. RDN’s must be diligent in meeting the caloric and nutrient rich diets of acutely ill or trauma patients in order to forecast and replenish the nutritious needs of these in these vulnerable patients. It is imperative factor to provide essential nutrition during these critical phases in order to prevent malnutrition to facilitate healing and health restoration. According to eatrightpro.org, malnutrition affects an estimated 30% to 50% of adult hospitalized patients in the United States. A very small percentage of patients actually leave the hospital with a malnutrition diagnosis. The more we learn about food and its nutritious value in medicine continues to evolve and we must keep the dialogue open and honest among nutritionist and health care providers to affect the prognosis of the injured or

Nutrition education plays a major role in patient care. When a patient is admitted into the Veterans Affairs Hospital (VA) for treatment they may be put on a specific therapeutic diet. For example, if the patient is diagnosed with diabetes they are put on a carbohydrate consistency diet of 1800 calories per day or, if the patient has hypertension they may prescribe a 2.5g sodium restriction diet. All patients at the VA are assessed by a Registered Dietitian who make the recommendations on which therapeutic diet the patient would benefit from. Following a diet while inpatient is relatively simple because all meals are prepared and served to the patient. The dietitian along with the kitchen staff take care of what types of foods should avoid

A dietitian’s job is to promote health and control diseases through nutritional education. A responsibility of a dietitian or nutritionist might be advising patients on nutritional

When I started my college journey I wasn’t sure how, but I knew I wanted to help people. After completing a nutrition course and I was amazed by the impact that nutrition has on the human body. It was then when I decided to pursue a career in Dietetics, I wanted mycareer to be applicable to my personal life. because I wanted to study something that would be applicable to my daily life. My family has struggled with Hypertension and Diabetes for a number of years, which also motivates me to learn about disease prevention through nutrition. I am passionate about nutrition and helping others achieve a healthy lifestyle and wellbeing through a healthy well balanced diet. I enjoy being exposed to new things that can expand my knowledge (move to a

My journey to become a registered dietitian has been longer and maybe more complex than the average college students. As a first-generation college student I was faced with many challenges that to this day have shaped me in a unique way as a dietitian. During this year of my internship, I want to be able to reflect on my own growth, strengths and weaknesses and be open to feedback to improve as a dietitian.

With the remarkable improvement of people’s living standard, abundant nutritious food has caused non-communicable diseases become incredibly common nowadays, which globally causes 63% of death and it is going to continuously increase in the future. (citedO) It is necessary for people to start to attach great importance to eating habit in their daily lives. This report is about the role of public health dietitians including the organisations they work in, what they do, who they usually work with, what health problems they need to deal with, and more importantly, how do they contribute to the health system and how they will play a more important role in New Zealand’s health system in the future.