Experience

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  Courage To Nourish

  • Registered Dietitian

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  Courage to Nourish

  • College Park, Maryland, United States

  • Registered Dietitian

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • College Park, Maryland, United States

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  Monte Nido & Affiliates

  • Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Registered Dietitian

    • Mar 2020 - Dec 2021
    • Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States

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  FX Studios

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Registered Dietitian

    • Jan 2016 - Mar 2020
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    • Develop and implement all nutrition services • Provide individual nutrition counseling • Conduct nutrition seminars, webinars, grocery shopping tours, and more• Create educational content for corporate clients of FX Well including Under Armour, Kaiser Permanente, and the U.S. National Guard• Support nutrition initiatives at Under Armour's Global Headquarters

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  Penn State Dietetic Internship

  • Hershey, PA

  • Dietetic Intern

    • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015
    • Hershey, PA

    Completed 1200 comprehensive supervised practice hours and 20 volunteer hoursEarned 15 graduate creditshttp://sydneykrichards.weebly.com/Clinical RotationPenn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (20 weeks)• Used the Nutrition Care Process to assess, diagnose, intervene, monitor, and evaluate adult and pediatric patients at nutritional risk• Documented the Nutrition Care Process using standardized language• Determined enteral and parenteral feeding prescriptions for adult and pediatric patients• Educated patients on heart healthy, diabetic, low residue, renal, and 2 gram sodium diets• Performed 1 week of clinical staff relief at the dialysis unitCommunity Rotation The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants, and Children (WIC), Bloomsburg, PA (3 weeks)• Conducted anthropometric assessments on WIC participants• Provided individual counseling for WIC participants in the areas of prenatal, infant, and child nutritionManagement Rotation Masonic Villages, Elizabethtown, PA (5 weeks)• Planned and implemented a March Madness themed meal for 120 employees• Developed and analyzed recipes using Computrition software to meet specific nutrition guidelines• Completed quality improvement monitors related to food utilization, service, and safety• Performed meal rounds and tray audits to assess food quality and customer acceptabilityGiant Foods, Camp Hill, PA (1 week)/Ahold USA, Charlisle, PA (1 week)• Developed a lesson plan and taught a 1 hour class on gluten-free foods to 40 customers• Worked with the in-store nutritionist to lead a grocery store tour• Created a 2-day gluten-free menu for vegans• Wrote an article for the monthly health topic section of the Giant Foods website entitled "Travel the World With Herbs & Spices"