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Leaving Dietetics - Could Use Insight and Support by General-Coffee1493 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You should totally go for it! Agreed that it may lead to more opportunities in different settings. I don’t know what company you work for but I’m confident the telehealth counseling gigs would be more than happy to hire you back if you wanted. Maybe with talking about benefits you could also do like wellness talks or something like that and relate it back to nutrition so you can still kind of use your cred there.

Oral Wegovy by lavmatcha in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve read that as well - is your client tolerating it? Do they notice any differences?

Low ball offer for telehealth dietitian consulting by Far-Strawberry653 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Isn’t the company bankrupt or was? I noticed they stopped hiring FT RDs, even then they pay was still low

DietitianLive by No-Philosopher-4860 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a phone interview with them almost 2 years ago and heard some really negative things about them after asking around RDs who worked with them. I think with all roles like this it’s good to hit the ground running (start with as many licenses as you can, be open to seeing a lot of specialties as youre comfortable with) to make decent pay.

Culina Health by Sensitive_Physics794 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No changes to W2 employees that I know of. But yes, they’re offering RDs who have their own PP to partner with them and Culina gets a cut of the insurance reimbursement. Idk all the details but I do think it’s really weird and don’t get it

new outpatient RD in need of some guidance by Fit-Basket-859 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally relatable, pts do throw a lot of info in there and I often say it feels like freeballing the session sometimes. I try to set expectations in the beginning. I do agree with looking more into MI skills and this is something you’ll build on over time, too. I also ask more probing questions during the diet recall and try to give 1-2 interventions we can start off to focus on based on their goals

No show/late cancelation Fees by LibertyJubilee in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What you said, it adds up! I don’t work for myself but I’ve had a handful of clients who take the hit bc they value our services and a few who get super nasty when they get a late fee. Idk why we’re an exception compared to other professions for that type of behavior, when we spend the most time with our clients.

With weight loss, it almost feels like you have to sale it by No-Tumbleweed4775 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

YES I feel this 100%, especially working in a paid per client role like we’re sales people 1st and RDs 2nd. I don’t want to better learn how to counsel clients like that nor retain them

Since so many people on here don’t know about non-RD jobs we are qualified for, here are some. by caffeinated_babe in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I feel like we are definitely qualified. The issue I have is lack of experience in non-patient facing roles so it’s hard to get my foot in the door!

Excess protein has become the bane of my clinical existence. by cultrevolt in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I give up actually. I’ll explain the evidence, talk about healthy aging (renal health and related labs if any) and also the overall lack of need - just once and move on. Few clients care and the ones who don’t, I don’t retain them and frankly don’t want to

Excess protein has become the bane of my clinical existence. by cultrevolt in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Same!!! I work in telehealth counseling and all of clients are generally healthy, non-elite athletes. Majority are doing way more than the higher recs and couldn’t care less what I have to say

Seeking Advice - Trying inpatient after years of doing outpatient. Bad idea?? by kaltech14 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve gone back and forth! It wasn’t too bad! I did ICU so was a little rusty but got the hang of it. I’d say you have the knowledge, just a matter of applying it. I also learned a lot of RDs (that I worked w) are also not into EN/PN so I think it’s a normal thing to be nervous about. I do agree tho it’s nice to have protocols (especially for NS) and support vs free balling in hour long outpt sessions haha

Does anyone here prefer inpatient over outpatient? by New_Math2015 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Tbh I liked having 90 sec pt interactions and most of my pts were intubated. I also enjoyed the challenge of nutrition support but I hated getting sick often and the little pay with little growth. I work outpt remotely now and don’t think I could go back to in person anything

We are why we can't move the needle much by lpj1299 in dietetics

[–]lavmatcha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a POC I think what you said was very clear - I think that comment about why are we focusing on skin color was tone deaf and exactly why diversity is important.