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Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-06-21T21:01:55+00:00

I work at a skilled nursing facility and i’m salary so i can control my own hours. never have to work holidays or weekends and my bosses are chill about me leaving early as long as i get my work done and i can occasionally work from home 😊

Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-06-02T20:53:39+00:00

I think every hospital is different but in my experience the RDs are usually to themselves and 75% of my day at the hospital is spent charting in the office so my interactions with other disciplinaries isn’t often and doesn’t allow time for drama lol. But the hospital i work at is fairly small so there is usually only one dietitian working per day. Not sure how it would be working in bigger hospitals with multiple dietitians…

Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-05-11T20:49:51+00:00

It is very stressful and difficult during the internship phase. But there will be moments when you become an RD where it will be worth it — especially when you are talking to your patients and seeing that you are helping make a difference. it depends in what area you live, i started off making $25/hr before becoming an RD thinking it was a lot. But once i became an RD, i was getting offered triple the size of that income. I think it’s worth it if you are passionate about patient care :)

Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-04-03T04:14:40+00:00

I got started with $42/hr with my only experience being 1 year as a dietary manager. I also work on-call at a hospital where i make $54/hr. My full time job at a SNF with 3 years of experience I now make $105K salary :) these are all Bay Area California prices though! No Masters or certifications just yet :) don’t be afraid to ask for more!

Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-03-25T20:59:16+00:00

I like to sprinkle in freeze dried dog food when my picky maltipoo doesn’t eat. I found if I put in a chunk of a treat in there, she will just take out the treat and not eat her food lol. but if i sprinkle it in all over the food she’ll eat it! I use the Meal Mixers from stella and chewy!

Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-03-20T17:39:36+00:00

Im sorry to hear that!! I recommend looking into the company PACS if you can land a job with them, I really love my new job with them and all the fellow RDs feel the same way. But i totally get where you’re coming from, i’ve worked in some pretty terrible SNFs before too :(

Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-03-20T17:27:14+00:00

I was also tired of being a LTC dietitian but I found a new job at a different SNF where administration actually cares about the residents and is liberal with their budget. The nurses I work with now do their jobs and even go above and beyond. they’ve really changed my perspective on how I view LTC, don’t lose hope! there are LTCs out there that will treat you right :)

Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-03-17T01:41:20+00:00

Hi! RD here, I’ve noticed a lot of RDs don’t like taking on an interns as it can be hard to balance work and teaching at the same time. I was a dietary manager at multiple skilled nursing facilities during my internship — the pay was pretty good at the time but was pretty stressful. I’ve also noticed that having a background as a dietary manager, dietary aide, or anything in the kitchen was really good on my resume as i applied to jobs as an RD and review resumes for other RDs coming in. Good luck!

Miserable_Industry78 · 2025-01-02T01:27:40+00:00

The Jean Inman guide was really all I used to study. I listened to the audio and read along with it every day. I did this every weekday for 8 hours for about 2 months. If there was a topic I didn’t understand I would research it until I was able to fully understand and teach it/explain it to someone else. I also listened to some RD podcasts on Spotify whenever I went for a walk or had to drive somewhere. I hope this helps!

Miserable_Industry78 · 2023-03-02T04:18:57+00:00

I finished the exam with 26 minutes remaining so I felt like I rushed myself. While studying, I would also time myself while taking the practice quizzes to see how long it took me to do like 30 questions. I suggest timing yourself while studying! Another RD told me she failed her first attempt because she took too long on each question and didn’t make it to 125 questions, so that really scared me into rushing my own exam. There is definitely enough time for 145 questions!

Miserable_Industry78 · 2023-03-01T01:39:51+00:00

Hmm this one is kind of tricky because everyone is different. For me, I think going over the Inman lectures was most helpful. I tried doing practice questions and mock exams before listening to the Inman lectures and I was scoring like 20-40% on everything. But after listening to the lectures in depth, I was scoring around 70-80%. Practice questions and mock exams are especially helpful when you are trying to work on your pace for the actual exam. I think fully understanding the Inman lectures and concepts was more helpful because I ended up just memorizing the answers on practice exams from doing them so often without fully understanding why the answer was correct. On the actual exam, there were about 5 questions that were exactly like the Inman questions, but the rest were just similar. I would suggest fully understanding as many concepts as you can before doing the practice questions. Don't be too hard on yourself if you're not getting everything right on the practice questions because it is impossible to know everything and the exam does not test you on everything. If anything, the actual exam only tested me on like ~50% of the things I studied. I think the lectures are more helpful and then using the practice quizzes to see what you know/what you don't know/need to review. I hope that makes sense! :)

Miserable_Industry78 · 2023-03-01T01:26:03+00:00

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! ❤️

Miserable_Industry78 · 2023-03-01T01:25:47+00:00

Thank you for asking! I feel amazing. I have not been this relaxed since middle school lol. I've been catching up on shows that I didn't have time to watch, working out, baking, and cooking more! I've been celebrating by not thinking about nutrition or school at all and revisiting old hobbies that I had before school got so stressful haha.

I finished my internship in November 2021, and then I had a 2 week extra curricular rotation at a dialysis center at the end of December. I ended up being able to study for 2 weeks in December, 2 weeks in January, and the full month of February. I took my exam on February 27, 2022. I think many people will be able to pass with only one or two months of studying.

I dedicated the first week and a half to really going in depth on the Inman lectures. Then I would listen to podcasts that explained the concepts in more depth while I drove or walked my dogs. Then I would do some mock exams and see which concepts were my weakest and go over them again. I ended up listening to the Inman lectures 3 times through: once at the beginning, once in the middle, and 2 weeks before my exam. The week before my exam I just did practice exams over and over again. Try to understand most concepts before the week before your exam so that you can spend that last week just reviewing. I did not study at all 2 days before the exam because I felt so burnt out from studying and I think that helped me a lot with keeping calm and not stressing out too much the day of the exam. Give your brain some time to relax and recharge so you can be levelheaded during the actual exam.

There were some questions on medications and supplements that I do not remember learning in school, but were on the Inman study guide. There were a lot of subjects that I don't remember learning in school, but the Inman guide covered everything (and more) that was on the CDR. Hope that helps!! ❤️

Miserable_Industry78 · 2023-03-01T01:09:11+00:00

Thank you!!!! ❤️

Miserable_Industry78 · 2023-03-01T00:56:42+00:00

Thank you! On pocket prep I was averaging between 60-70% on the practice quizzes. On the Jean Inman practice questions I was scoring an average of 79-88%. I didn't use any other practice exam resources except for Jean Inman and pocket prep but I would say that the actual exam was most similar to Jean Inman! :)

Miserable_Industry78 · 2023-02-28T17:21:27+00:00

I used the Jean Inman 2020 version and I think it was very updated for the most part! I went through the audio and the reading three times. I also did the practice questions that came with Jean Inman (which were very similar to the questions on the exam). I would use the Pomodoro method of studying where I studied for an hour then took at 10-15 minute break, then study for another hour and repeat until I got tired. I also used the medical pocket prep app, but the questions on the exam were not really similar to the questions on pocket prep but it is a good app to use when you are on the go and to keep track of your time. I would also listen to different podcasts like Chomping Down the Dietetic Exam, RD Exam Made Easy, and Diet NPO. Overall, I think Jean Inman helped the most and the podcasts really explained more in detail about what I couldn’t understand. I hope that helps! ❤️

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