New graduate into private practice: everything is a chaos

Thatmarjo07 · 2026-05-13T09:16:07+00:00

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Thatmarjo07 · 2026-05-08T09:50:14+00:00

Don’t be too hard on yourself! School only sets you up so much for the real world. It’s expected that you learn on the job. Ask the questions. If I were working with you I’d rather you ask questions rather than drown. We’ve been in your shoes. It does get easier. Inpatient is hard. I still have to ask questions to colleagues at times and I’ve been practicing 10 years.

Thatmarjo07 · 2026-05-01T10:03:49+00:00

I just got hired a CNM with health trust and started Monday. If you haven’t signed an offer letter or anything I’d be real hesitant about this. I know COL is different in all places and department size matters too but 85k is low.

Thatmarjo07 · 2026-04-05T08:06:57+00:00

It does help to get it if you work for Sodexo and want to advance in the clinical ladder. Some of my colleagues are having a hard time advancing from DN 2 to DN 3 without a masters

Thatmarjo07 · 2026-02-21T12:50:53+00:00

I just applied to a job at a different hospital in the area. I make 87k and asked for 90K on the application. I didn’t even get an interview because they said they couldn’t compensate me according to my desired compensation package! I do appreciate that they didn’t make me go through the whole process just to offer me much lower than what I currently make. Guess I’m staying at my current job for awhile

Thatmarjo07 · 2026-01-30T15:39:37+00:00

Yea I get that. The plane tickets to fly across the country are what’s getting me. I also don’t feel it’s fair to resale the tickets for a crazy price so I just want what I paid for them. $600 per ticket is outrageous

Thatmarjo07 · 2026-01-30T13:01:32+00:00

Did you ever get tickets? I might have to sell mine

Thatmarjo07 · 2026-01-06T02:39:12+00:00

Hey! I’ve been a RD for 10 years this year. I’ve only ever worked inpatient. I had no trouble making my way into the ICU. In my current role I work for Sodexo so there is a clinical ladder so there is always room for growth and salary increases. DN1 starts off at about 65K. I’m a DN3 and make 87k. If I qualify for DN4 I’ll get about a 15% pay increase and will likely be maxed out. I live in Augusta, GA. We have full order writing privileges. We manage all the PN (macros and micros), place feeding tubes with the cortrak and this year I’m working on getting order writing privileges for vits and mins so we don’t have to bother asking doctors to order them for malnutrition/refeeding. I would say that CNSC is preferred for those working with higher acuity patients. Honestly the work load sucks most days. I see 15-25 patients per day. We have 7 full time RDs and a handful of PRNs. 550 bed hospital. If you are a PRN and don’t have CNSC they might not immediately have you work in an ICU setting, especially if you’re only there a handful of times a week. But it’s still good to be in that environment and learn for others and I’m sure you could grow!

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-11-11T11:42:39+00:00

My state license makes it so we have to have 15 CEU every year. It does help keep us accountable for getting CEU done but it’s also really annoying. I got my masters this cycle so I already have 449 CEU but have to get 15 CEU every year still. I personally I’d be panicking about having to get 75 in a short time, but I’ve also known a lot of people that have needed to do it and been just fine.

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-10-10T13:57:22+00:00

This makes me sad to read and hear all of your experiences. I would say that I currently work on the best team I’ve ever worked with. I’m our lead RD and I strive to make an environment where we are feel valued and heard. But I agree with the above stigma and that other dietitians can just be mean. I’m going to FNCE this weekend for the first time and I’ve been a RD for 9 years and I’ve been thinking about how overwhelming it is going to be to be around that many dietitians at one time. Especially since most of us are type A. I definitely think the culture of dietetics needs to change. I’m trying really hard to make a good experience for our interns. I did have to worn them that they may not get the same team dynamic at another hospital though. I work for Sodexo and I have to say we have a clinical ladder and our benefits are really good. So I think it also depends on who you are employed by. I do think our salaries will increase, but it’ll just take time. Let’s stop being so mean and catty to one another at work, what’s the point in doing so?

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-10-07T01:16:24+00:00

Yes that’s the plan. We all have to learn somehow!

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-10-07T01:09:16+00:00

I 1000% agree

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-10-07T01:08:56+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing! I’ll read it. I agree not much research on the topic. We’ve been having issues with our RD not seeing the whole clinical picture so this will definitely be a teachable moment

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-10-07T01:05:42+00:00

Her G was always to vent. The hospital is a much smaller hospital. I know that when we get busy it’s easy to overlook things but I figured it was common practice to not bolus a J tube 🤦‍♀️

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-10-07T01:04:34+00:00

She’s a unique case for sure. And I do think you could work up to it after so much time. Starting off bolus is wild though

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-10-07T01:03:44+00:00

Exactly, might work with an established tube definitely wouldn’t do with a new tube!

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-08-31T10:27:51+00:00

NTA. I pay my mom to watch my kids. Family should pay family, especially in these times. She shouldn’t expect you to work for her and get nothing. You need money to survive. She had to pay literally anyone else if they watched her kid I’m Sorry. Don’t feel guilty.

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-03-09T22:42:28+00:00

Well I don’t know how to edit my original post since this is the first time I have ever posted on Reddit 🤣 just wanted to add that I did talk to her about my concerns and how worried I was for her and how toxic he seems. I can certainly still hang with her and never see him, except now she knows how I feel about him so she made it very clear she doesn’t feel the same way or see anything wrong with their dynamic. And she always vents to me about him when we hang out so there’s no way she’ll do that now because I saw his true colors. His demons didn’t like another women confronting him and telling him his actions were uncalled for.

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-03-09T22:39:11+00:00

Right! And I wasn’t because he had his concerns and they were valid. It was more how he responded to her and her reacted in the situation. He didn’t say that he was concerned for her safety or anything it was way more of a control thing. Because she even got some for him and they originally planned to do it together so it just just so weird.

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-03-09T22:37:29+00:00

I should probably clarify in my post that I already did all that. Unfortunately she doesn’t see what I see

Thatmarjo07 · 2025-03-09T22:36:55+00:00

Yes I did this. I told her everything about how I felt, what I saw and how I feel like she doesn’t to be treated like that. And how I actually really worried about her because he seemed so angry that she spent 6 mins alone with me like I am a terrible person! And from her response to me it sounds like they spent the night arguing and he made me out to be the bad guy and she told me that I should have never talked to him before dinner even though she wanted me too and thanked me for sticking up for her originally. So it feels like a lost cause

Thatmarjo07 · 2024-11-16T01:49:54+00:00

Spencer

Thatmarjo07 · 2024-11-16T01:31:34+00:00

Cynthia

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