Over this 10 week rotation, I spent time under three different Registered Dietitians at the Franklin Square Medical Center in Rosedale, MD. In this time, I was able to spend expand my clinical expertise in the areas of Surgical, Oncology, Renal, Diabetes, Cardiac, Intermediate Care and Intensive Care nutrition. My rotation concluded with 2 weeks of staff relief on the Oncology and Surgical floors.
Assumed duties:
Assumed duties:
- Nutrition Assessment Assessed
- Average patient load of 8-9 patients
- Up to 12 acute care patients, and 3 ICU patients
- Reviewed and Contributed to Patient's Electronic Medical Records
- Gained thorough understanding of Cerner charting system
- Reviewed physician, nutrition and consult notes
- Analyzed patient lab values
- Completed nutrition notes based on ADIME format that were reviewed and signed by mentoring RDs.
- Determined nutrition diagnosis and intervention for patients
- Used international Dietetics & Nutrition Terminology for diagnosis
- Developed plans to increase oral intake
- Provided enteral and parenteral nutrition recommendations as necessary and appropriate
- Provided nutrition education tailored to patients' specific conditions and needs
- Monitored patient nutrition status and followed patients through the length of their stay
- Gathered nutritionally relevant information from other member of the healthcare team.
- Patient intakes
- Nutrition Plan of Car e
- Adjusted nutrition prescription according to data analysis.
- Gathered nutritionally relevant information from other member of the healthcare team.
- Observed the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) perform Modified Barium Swallow tests
- Shadowed a Wound Care RN
- Completed and presented a Minor and Major Case Study, maintaining patient confidentiality
Major Case Study
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