Inpatient Dietitian

• Jan 2022 - Present

Clinical Dietitian

• Feb 2021 - Dec 2021

- Performed nutrition assessments and utilize clinical judgement to provide nutrition interventions - Calculated nutrition needs according to current disease states, medications, and lab values in order to appropriately order enteral and parenteral nutrition - Coordinated patient-centered interventions with the medical team, including doctors, nurses, speech therapists, dietary office, pharmacists, social workers, and all other members - Supervised and trained dietetic interns and newly hired dietitians - Provided outpatient nutrition counseling for an array of disease states including diabetes, underweight, tube-feed dependent, chronic kidney disease, and various nutrient deficiencies Show less

Sales Associate

• Sep 2013 - Mar 2021

Barista

• Sep 2018 - Jul 2020

Dietetic Intern

• May 2019 - May 2020

Unity Point Health Proctor Hospital-Implemented the Nutrition Care Process, along with nutrition focused physical exams, to diagnose and treat patients-Worked alongside the interdisciplinary team to provide care for patientsUnity Point Health-Conducted sanitation and safety inspections to ensure the health of patients, customers, and employees-Coordinated with food service workers to produce and deliver meals to patients in a timely mannerBloomington Public School District 87-Developed recipes with nutrition facts information according to the National School Lunch Program guidelines-Lead educational games to students within the school districtHopedale Medical Complex-Analyzed patient food item choices to make budgetary decisions-Prepared and served meals to patients and residents of the facilityDay Care Resources-Tested healthy, affordable recipes that align with child meal pattern requirements to provide to day care providers-Reviewed menus submitted by day care providers to ensure all nutrition requirements were metBloomington Health Department: WIC-Utilized nutrition counseling techniques to encourage positive behavior change-Collected anthropometric measurements from pregnant women, mothers, infants, and toddlers Show less

Fresh FAVs Manager

• Jan 2019 - May 2019

-Marketed the Fresh FAVs program to community members to encourage them to sign up-Developed weekly produce orders through GFS for Fresh FAVs members utilizing a forecasted budget-Created weekly recipes to go with the weekly produce-Managed 10-15 volunteers in counting, organizing, and distributing produce to customers

Graduate Assistant

• Aug 2018 - May 2019

-Designed and taught a weekly class about the DICAS application & interview process to Food & Nutrition seniors at Illinois State University-Mentored undergraduate Food & Nutrition students at Illinois State University-Graded projects and exams for various courses within the Food & Nutrition major-Collected student outcomes data

Student Success Program Assistant - Dietetics

• Aug 2017 - Jun 2018

-Developed informational handouts for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year nutrition students -Informed students and staff of nutrition-related events through the nutrition department's social media accounts -Gathered data on student outcomes to adhere to ACEND guidelines -Created PowerPoint presentations to be used in graduate-level nutrition classes -Developed informational handouts for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year nutrition students -Informed students and staff of nutrition-related events through the nutrition department's social media accounts -Gathered data on student outcomes to adhere to ACEND guidelines -Created PowerPoint presentations to be used in graduate-level nutrition classes

Dietetics Student

• May 2017 - Jun 2017

-Completed 100 hours in the clinical dietetics setting and 80 hours in the food service setting -Assisted in providing medical nutrition therapy to patients alongside the dietitians on various floors of the hospital -Assisted the Certified Diabetes Educator counsel inpatient and outpatient clients as well as teaching a class to newly diagnosed diabetics -Participated in tray line and tray delivery to patients -Assisted cooks in preparing food for the patient tray line and the cafeteria Show less