Registered Dietitian

• Oct 2019 - Present

Clinical Dietitian

• Dec 2018 - Oct 2019

Clinical Dietitian

• Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

Clinical Dietitian

• Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

• Responsible for the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Surgical floor, and Cardiology floor • Conduct nutrition assessments, adjust diets, and order supplements based on patients’ individualized needs • Provide medical nutrition therapy to critically ill patients, including both enteral and parenteral nutrition; working closely with pharmacists to ensure TPN adequacy • Provide heart healthy diet educations to all open-heart surgery inpatients, teach cardiac nutrition classes in the outpatient setting, and provide new ostomy nutrition therapy educations to surgical patients • Act as the diabetes educator responsible for teaching the diabetic diet, glucometer use, and insulin administration • Provide direct communication to attending physicians and CDI specialists when diagnosing and treating malnutrition • Attend and participate in daily rounds in the critical care units with the interdisciplinary team • Oversee and co-sign the dietetic technician’s notes on a daily basis, as well as assist the DTR with patients requiring advanced nutritional care Show less

Dietetic Intern

• Aug 2016 - Jun 2017

-This Clinical/Nutrition Therapy-based program includes 35 weeks (1400 hours) of clinical, administrative, and community rotations at this 900-bed teaching hospital -Applied the nutrition care process, conducted patient assessments, and implemented nutrition interventions in a variety of disease states including bariatric surgery, organ transplant, neonatology, trauma, and the critically ill -Counseled patients with a wide variety of complex nutritional needs in the acute, long-term, and outpatient settings on diabetes management, cardiac health, renal disease, celiac disease, and food safety following transplant -Practiced writing orders for enteral and parenteral nutrition therapies based on patients’ individualized needs -Utilized ASPEN/ESPEN Guidelines for the Critically Ill while analyzing published research on early versus late initiation of parenteral nutrition in the intensive care unit -Demonstrated the ability to collect measurable data as a co-investigator identifying the association between Nutric score and patient outcomes in the critically ill ICU population -Spent three weeks of staff relief in general medicine and the intensive care unit assuming complete RDN responsibilities Show less

Student Assistant for Martha Roseau, RD

• Nov 2015 - Jan 2016

-Created disease-specific patient intake forms based on current research articles to be used at Peak Nutrition, LLC -Worked in Martha Rosenau's office to help her with records and files -Revised existing intake forms to update medical nutrition therapy assessments and strategies -Conducted extensive medical nutrition therapy research on migraines and fibromyalgia -Created assessment techniques and strategies to be used with patients experiencing these conditions -Utilized strong communication skills to convey research findings that were relevant to each project Show less

Kitchen Assistant

• May 2015 - Aug 2015

-Ensured food preparation areas and the entire kitchen were clean and hygienic -Adhered to HACCP standards that were regularly checked by local health department -Monitored food holding temperatures and expiration dates of perishable items -Operated a commercial dishwasher and properly stored items throughout the kitchen -Assisted the volunteers in preparing the snack carts to be sent to each classroom -Ensured food preparation areas and the entire kitchen were clean and hygienic -Adhered to HACCP standards that were regularly checked by local health department -Monitored food holding temperatures and expiration dates of perishable items -Operated a commercial dishwasher and properly stored items throughout the kitchen -Assisted the volunteers in preparing the snack carts to be sent to each classroom