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My internship experience at Texas Total Health has been a great learning experience. While interning there I had the opportunity to perform numerous tasks and jobs, which has helped me build on my nutrition experience. Before beginning this experience I was expecting to get the opportunity to work with clients and observe nutrition counseling in a real life setting. I also wanted to be able to practice creating client’s meal plans, and learn how a private nutrition business operates. On top of my expectations there was a job description of the intern position with many task to be performed over the semester. Now after recently completing my internship at Texas Total Health my experience did meet my expectations and the job description was accurate. …show more content…

This internship has giving me the chance to observe and witness firsthand the daily activates of a dietitian. Also I have seen how rewarding a dietitian’s career can be in helping others obtain their goals for a healthier life. Over the semester I was able to watch one successful client lose over 25 pounds and reverse her prediabetes health parameters. This has truly shown me that this is the right career for me because I want a job that I can help other. Before I started this internship I wanted to observe nutrition counseling and learn how to effectively use it. Another goal I had for my internship was to practice the nutritional skill I acquired in my undergraduate curriculum. Over the semester I was able to practice menu planning, observe nutrition counseling, nutrition assessment, and create nutrition education handouts. This internship has also, reinforced my dream and goal of owning my own nutritional business. Being able to experience the entrepreneurial aspect of a dietitian with Texas Total Health has taught me so much and opened my eyes to what I need to do to obtain my goal later in life. I didn’t truly have a perspective of all the work you have to put into your own business until this internship. However after this experience I have realized that I know that I do have what it takes to fulfill my …show more content…

One thing that could be improved was the varying schedule for each week. Every week Kelsey and I would have to compare our schedules to determine which days and time I could come in. Kelsey’s schedule would vary a lot because of her contracts with hospitals, and sometime she would have last minute meetings that would conflict with our already planned schedule. This would cause us to have to reschedule and cancel coming into the office that day. One other aspect that could be improved is being able to attend hospitals with Kelsey. This would greatly add to the internship experience by bringing in the clinical aspect of her business for us to learn from. During the internship we actually discussed trying to do this but there were issues with the hospital and school that prevented me from going to the

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