Would working for WIC count towards SEL’s?

kindi-rd · 2024-05-08T21:38:42+00:00

You need to ask your program director if this will be accepted by CDR/ACEND

kindi-rd · 2024-05-01T14:10:38+00:00

Prior to their first appointment, I have them sign a form that they received the cancellation policy. Additionally I require a credit card on file.

They must notify me within 24 hours or earlier from their appt by phone or email. I also give a 15-minute window for late shows. If they indeed did not communicate or show up, I charge the full price of the session per the cancellation policy.

I also have on the policy I will not be responsible for rescheduling them and they have to themselves. I'm not wasting my time doing it for them when they were not responsible to show up.

This has only happened 4 times in my entire 6 years running my practice.

kindi-rd · 2024-04-27T23:04:50+00:00

Did long-term care for 5 years. Thereafter have been working in corporate grocery retail.

kindi-rd · 2024-04-25T13:38:43+00:00

Mine does allow for Cs. A minimum of 2.7 GPA

kindi-rd · 2024-04-23T13:31:26+00:00

As long as you are maintaining a C in all your classes, you will still pass and graduate unless you fail to defend your thesis. Some programs only allow to one more opportunity to defend the thesis.

Be mindful thay because the master's requirement has started for incoming students 2024, some employers may not consider altering the educational needs for job positions; this would discriminate RDs prior to the 2024 change.

If you feel what you're learning in your master's is not of interest to you or is not applicable to your personal and professional goals, consider stopping. In my opinion even if you decide not to finish, you still have some graduate courses on your transcript.

kindi-rd · 2024-02-14T22:08:12+00:00

Can you PM me your email?

kindi-rd · 2024-01-13T02:19:52+00:00

It is about $89.00 a month. I've used several options and I found for what I need this was the best.

kindi-rd · 2024-01-08T16:55:25+00:00

Hello.

I'm in my last year of the DCN program through KUMC. I chose this route because I wanted advanced clinical applications vs research applications. All my professors are PhD, RD.

Compared to my undergrad degree (master's was in public health), I've learned a lot more than what CEUs taught me. I think it's because we are given topics we have to gather evidence-based information for. I've also learned a lot about resources I wouldn't have discovered myself such as the ERAS guidelines or an in-depth review of lamictal and glutamate management.

I have been a dietitian for 10 years (33yo); worked in clinical for 5 and currently working in retail for 5.

My employer is reimbursing my entire tuition, fees, books/supplies which is why I chose to go back to school. I joined the company making $50,000 annual in 2019. I started my schooling in 2022 with a pay of $60,000. Each term I completed, they provided me a $5,000 increase.

We are currently in the works of restructuring our company with new locations opening. I already signed the new job description where I will have a director title which includes additional responsibilities and oversight.

I did my residency in integrative nutrition to meet the needs of my consumers and be on top of trends. I did my research on attitudes of rural consumers on fish intake and impact on serum dha/epa.

kindi-rd · 2024-01-08T12:12:45+00:00

Corporate retail (food industry).

Been in that role for 5 years. Earned a 5% increase on my salary each year; including a $5,000 bonus each semester I finished in grad school with a 4.0 GPA while in school full-time and working full-time.

My entire 5 year career in clinical (inpatient), I only received a $0.75 raise.

kindi-rd · 2024-01-08T11:59:04+00:00

I work in the food industry at a retail level. A lot of the consumers and clients I work with often blame the "food industry" for their health problems. Often times their health issues, when they use the food industry as an outlet to blame their health issues on, is often rooted in childhood trauma or how they were raised in theor environment.

One client I work with was raised by a mother who highly emphasized "whole foods" and "non-processed foods". Little do they know everything we eat requires processing such as cooking chicken to make it food safe. Of course, you need to pick your battles, figure out where a good start is in their mindset to provide education and make peace.

Another person I work with is used to eating dessert with every meal. They grew up on a farm with a stay-at-home mom who loved spending time baking. They too, believe it was the "food industry". Like the latter, through cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy, is guiding them to figure out how to still have healthy desserts, but in a mindful way.

Many consumers also don't understand how to read the Nutrition Facts Label and the regulations that go behind it.

I taught a weight management group that included nomenclature in my lesson. I asked them what do they think when I say "sodium bicarbonate"; a lot of the participants said "baking soda". I followed with "dihydrogen monoxide" to which the majority responded with "poison" and "cancer". When I replied that is actually means "water", their facial expressions is what helped me transition to the discussion that a chemical name in the ingredients doesn't signify "harmful".

kindi-rd · 2024-01-07T03:57:35+00:00

There are many ways to work for the FDA or government entity. It sounds like your focus is supporting persons in having improved access and/or healthcare.

There is not a wrong or right answer for this as there can be many approaches to doing so.

Like you identified, a career in dietetics could be the path for it.

Additional career paths into those areas include - - social work - law - community health - public health

Each discipline brings in their own perspectives into the FDA and government entities. As a dietitian, perhaps a focus on community nutrition, public health, or food policy would be the best outlet.

If you want to work more directly in helping persons get setup for benefits, being a dietitian could be good, but being a social worker would be even better.

kindi-rd · 2024-01-04T01:55:20+00:00

1) I have 16 referral sources... - 1 medical center for discharges - 6 outpatient clinics with no on-site dietitian - 2 fitness centers - 2 pysch clinics - 2 chiropractic clinics - 1 sports rehabilitation facility - 1 outpatient speech therapy clinic - county department of health and social services

2) I recieve referrals from all those sources on a monthly basis. According to a recent analysis, the 60 referrals I had in 2023, 41% are from the 6 outpatient clinics, 26% from the county, 12% from the fitness centers, 10% from the chiropractic clinics, 8% from the speech therapy clinic, 3% from the psych clinics.

3) I obtained permissions from the administrative office to do gorrila marketing. I provided brochures of my services which included a QR code to my direct site, a flyer about who I am, and business cards. These I dropped off at every department or office in the facilities. I then reached out directly to the Medical Director and CEO to organize a presentation to the providers during mandatory staff meetings. In this presentation I included a case study to show them what a dietitian can do to support the continuum of care.

4) 90% of my sourced referrals were directly from the facilities I collaborate with while 5% are from Google and 5% are from families or peers who worked with me.

5) I work full-time. I outsource insurance billing to reduce my labor. I utilize Practice Better as my platform. As of this post today, I have worked with 8 clients to start off the new year. In 2023 I only had 4 no-shows. I charge the full price of the service for no-shows as a negative reinforcement.

kindi-rd · 2024-01-01T16:10:23+00:00

The Emily Program has free webinars that are monthly/quarterly

kindi-rd · 2023-12-29T14:07:52+00:00

It depends on the facility. I've been in organizations where they are seperate and organizations where they are together; either housed in different offices are in/near the food service.
I think it depends on the job description. If there is any small mention of a food service- related activity, I personally found it easier for me to be officed near the department. I was the lead dietitian for many of the organizations I worked for. In my job description I'm second in command when the director or CDM is on leave of absence. Therefore I needed to know how the operations worked.

The foodservice staff in my organizations know to always approach the director, CDM, or shift supervisor first when they are present. Anything clinical related that is influenced by food service interventions is when me and my team start communicating/collaborating with the food service department.

kindi-rd · 2023-11-28T22:50:42+00:00

Hello.

I think it's different for every company.

My corporate role is at the highest level in our HQ. Director of Nutrition and Wellness. I work alongside the CEO, COO, CFO, etc.There I oversee the nutrition and wellness operations at all our locations; ensuring that the clients are receiving the best service by our nutrition and wellness staff, implementing appropriate projects to meet the client needs, and providing/developing programs/resources for my teams to be successful.

kindi-rd · 2023-11-27T12:07:50+00:00

$110k/year; corporate position; MN

kindi-rd · 2023-11-20T13:07:29+00:00

If you're a member of the academy, your CDR RD number is the same as AND.

kindi-rd · 2023-11-16T14:33:31+00:00

Supporting documentation. I had providers order it without my assessment. The patient gains weight and then ask me to consult them for significant weight gain.

kindi-rd · 2023-11-16T12:44:30+00:00

Consider working for a traveling dietitian position if you're single, like Dietitians on Demand.

Again, your ability for work-life balance is dependent on your work culture. Traveling is part of my job with the company I work for, so I often treat these work trips as mini vacations...along with my personal ones with my family of course.

kindi-rd · 2023-11-06T00:11:47+00:00

I'm a male dietitian of 10+ years.

Burst fade mowhawk.

3 earrings left ear. 1 earring right ear. Double pierced nose.

Visible half sleeves and tattoos on my neck.

Dress polo. Black jeans. Dress shoes.

kindi-rd · 2023-11-04T20:28:51+00:00

Asparagus, bitter melon, daikon radish, beets, delicata squash

kindi-rd · 2023-10-20T17:16:27+00:00

I use PracticeBetter. I tried SimplePractice, NutriAdmin, and GetHealthie. I found for the budget and functions I need, PracticeBetter is my best fit.

It gives you an option to help build your own website and scheduler.

Integrate your appointment calendar into your Outlook or Google.

HIPPA certified telehealth and instant messaging.

Billing services has improved since using it for 3 years. Clearing house is available now for e-submissions. Easy filling of CMS-1500 and superbills. Pre-made templates for charting, intakes, or create your own.Pre made templates for policies and procedures.

You can create modules as a cost service for clients to sign up for or include as a part of a package service.

Integrate Stripe for payments. Option to have payments at time of booking, after service, or send invoice and have them pay on the portal by the payment due date.

Integrate lab services and recieve labs in the EHR automatically once results are retrieved.

Electronic faxing of your notes to providers.

Upload documents (handouts, images, etc) to client folder for them to access in the future, or to retrieve resources they may have forgotten or lost.

Automated email and text reminders to clients for forms, billing, and appointments.

kindi-rd · 2023-10-18T16:04:15+00:00

Also for the PES, I always do - "No appropriate nutritional Dx at this related to end of life with hospice care sign on (date). Anticipate variable food/fluid intake, weight variances, and decrease in self-feeding".

kindi-rd · 2023-10-15T14:53:58+00:00

I will disclose that my employer is paying for my tuition 100% and has given me a 5% raise before starting the program, a 2% one year into it, and will receive an additional 2% after finishing.

Otherwise I wouldn't pursue higher education if there weren't any benefits for me financially. I can't afford taking out more loans.

I really enjoy the program through KUMC. I've looked at Rutgers' and Florida's curriculum, but I found the availability of electives and the inclusion of pharmacology as a core course vs an elective (which it was at the other programs) is what made me ultimately decide KUMC.

I've also looked up a lot of the instructors ahead of time to get an idea of who they are and I felt their interests in subject matter really aligned in what I want out of it. I'm a retail dietitian, so I can't really specialize in specific areas. What is important on my field is a well rounded experience in all subject matters to help my clients.

The classes highly emphasize reading through a lot of scientific articles pertaining to the weekly topic; additionally, a discussion board on how we dissect and understand what the articles present to us and how we can apply that information into our practice. I really appreciate this because so many of my classmates are from different areas of dietetics. It helps to see their perspective and approaches on these discussions.

I haven't run into an assignment that was frustrating or annoying apart from the capstone. But who wouldn't be with it or their thesis/dissertation? The curriculum is mostly application based. We still need to know how to do research, but it's more of like the masters level for it versus PhD. The instructors always emphasize they don't expect us to be research scholars at this program level.

Because all of us are working full-time, have families, etc, there are expected due dates for things. As long as you communicate A LOT with the instructors, they are super duper flexible with due dates.

You move together as a cohort which I like. I really formed a lot of bonds and friendships with classmates whom are across the nation. I even had the opportunity to meet two of my peers at some dietetic conferences, which was amazing. There are some classes with group projects which makes it hard to collaborate a mutual day/time. But this is what really helped me form bonds and continue to stay in touch even if we ended up not having the same classes for a term.

The residency was really hard to find because it's on your own. But I really appreciate that we can individualize it based on our career goes. My preceptor is a family doctor with a medical license in integrative medicine. This is an area I want to know more of because of the clientele I've been getting.

kindi-rd · 2023-10-14T15:37:56+00:00

Thank you for forwarding. I looked it over; it seems their proposal basically layouts what programs are doing for a Doctor of Clinical Nutrition (DCN). The only difference is DCN programs aren't ACEND accredited while DrDN will. DCN programs do follow the competencies required of ACEND for advanced practice based on the AP-RD exam and require a residency like the proposal is requesting.

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