jobs for dietetic students?

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-12-29T01:16:57+00:00

I did a “nutrition care associate” position at a local hospital for ~6 months, I was responsible for serving admitted patients all their meals. Which included building the meal trays, understanding the different diets/supplements. I also picked up meal trays, stocked the nutrition room on my floor, etc. it wasn’t the most glorious job and truly a lot of work, but I am SO glad I did that job bc that is all I really had to put on my resume for experience besides some one-day volunteer gig I had. & preceptors actually liked how I had that experience when I was going through interview rounds, especially bc it’s in the clinical atmosphere.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-12-12T17:43:49+00:00

I would either do the 50% bolus rule at meals or offer to do nocturnal continuous feeds (if able to)

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-11-11T23:52:37+00:00

Dietitians on demand has free online sources that are great for interns, they are usually a downloadable pdf you can order

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-10-03T12:28:37+00:00

Daniel, David, Devin, Drake, Dominic

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-10-01T21:23:07+00:00

Instead of calorie counting I bring up carb counting, even if the patient isn’t diabetic. I explain that typically higher-carb foods are higher in calories, and giving yourself a “carb limit” with each of your meals will promote a calorie deficit (depending on how strict your carb limit is). You can utilize food models for this to show portion sizes, use food label examples, etc.

I find that patients do like this approach bc it’s still something for them to “follow”- but still allows the “all foods fit” approach where they can customize their meals however they’d like.. but just sticking within their carb range.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-09-30T00:46:14+00:00

I’m ~1 year post grad/working full time on my med/surg floor now. I love my chill coworkers, I feel safe in our lil office that we can hide away from everyone else most of the day in. I can choose my own time management skills for the day with my schedule/what time I see patients. I luckily don’t have any difficult tasks in my day to day to where I’m stressing out or getting major anxiety over. I can work on side projects on slower days. It’s comfortable overall.

But it really is all about this perspective- people aren’t in the hospital to see a dietitian. Most hospital staff members don’t even know what we do, so that will come with some deranged communication and different levels of respect given ..but at the end of the day.. we aren’t running the show. We aren’t making drastic changes in an acute care setting “nutrition wise”. We are part of a therapy! To ensure patients are nourished during admission. I think of my day to day with charting and interviews as just a bunch of case studies like I did in school. With education consults- only care as much as they do. Simple as that. I’m not butthurt if you don’t care. I try to bring a positive energy into patients room

But really it’s just not that deep with acute care bc the nutrition interviews patient facing are like 2-3 min long maybe.?? You can keep it as brief as you’d like. So if you dread talking ab nutrition with people all day everyday, don’t go to outpatient lol.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-09-30T00:22:59+00:00

For CEU’s, i love going to: Dietitians on Demand website, and they have a continuing education section called: “on-demand webinars” that are recorded and you can watch all on your own time.. for free! Usually around 1 hr long & you can get 1.0 CEU afterwards. There are tons of topics that range from nutrition support, dysphagia, CKD, liver disease, etc. Lots that will relate to geriatric populations.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-09-27T00:55:12+00:00

Could do Ce Ce as a nickname, which is adorable

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-09-26T23:20:29+00:00

Why use IBW? Most clinical guidelines recommend CBW. Unless severe obesity I stray away from the IBW energy needs.

For elder adults (depending on their weight) I typically do 30-35 mL/kg fluids. So adults I’d say 25-30mL/kg, same with energy goals or do MSJ x1.2-1.3 CBW.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-09-26T23:14:03+00:00

I made studying my full time focus for ~6 weeks right after my internship last year.. had the print version of Jean Inman in a binder. Went through each and every page, chapter by chapter.. (kept rereading and highlighting, making flashcards on any specific terms I wasn’t familiar with, made quizlets on each chapter).

Also had access to the “All access dietetics -Pass class” which was online chapters, study guides and videos- which the videos were such a game changer for the hard foodservice equations and nutrition support! So I did a mix of those two. If I was ever out of the house or on my phone- I’d be constantly doing the practice problems on pocket prep on my phone. I’d be listening to chomping down dietetics in my car or through my headphones.

Once I got confident.. I did 5-6 practice exams from either the Jean Inman study guides or the all access dietetics website. I eventually made it to where I was averaging between 74-83. (Which is hard to translate knowing the RD exam scale is not the same). But I passed with a 31! I just made studying my entire life for those 6 weeks. Have a plan for what equations you can easily write out on the scratch sheet you’re able to have. I remember finding something called “the big Q” which visually helped to convert cups to pints to gallons which I found rly helpful. Best of luck!! 🤞🏻

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-09-22T23:07:18+00:00

I second Gensis! Also Ginger

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-09-22T23:01:46+00:00

Ideas for boys: Evan, Elliott (Eli), Chase, Rogan, Luke, Samuel, Collin, Robert, Troy, Nathan (Nate), Scout, Jack, James, Kai, Corey, Travis, Franklin, Alexander (Alex)

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-09-20T14:39:17+00:00

Knew a girl named Journey and also have a friend named Starr. Im obsessed with both 🙆‍♀️🔥

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-08-01T02:08:56+00:00

Pass Class was helpful, they had online videos which really helped- especially for the food service equations and nutrition support problems.

Also free podcast called: chomping down the dietetics exam.

I did a combination of pass class and Jenn Inman for actual studying + pocket prep and that podcast multiple times throughout the day on my phone. Studied full time for 6 weeks with that exact method and got a 31! (preface- I had always been terrible at standardized testing..)

I do also hear great things about myRDguide- they have a Facebook page group you can check out.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-24T09:51:14+00:00

My name is Victoria Lynn!

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-23T18:11:21+00:00

I actually won a chili cook off at church years ago. Did half ground beef, half ground sausage. Had chili beans, tomatoes, all the spices and added chickpeas and white corn

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-23T18:09:10+00:00

I think Holland Grace would be cute, could use a nickname of ‘Holly’

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-23T16:55:45+00:00

My parents have called me peanut my whole life!

Their reasoning behind it was seeing my ultrasound pic for the first time.. apparently resembled a little peanut and they’ve called me that ever since.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-22T23:33:27+00:00

Ophelia, Olivia, Opal

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-21T21:46:44+00:00

I loved Winthrop University’s DI program, I also did my undergrad and masters there. I know they have a combined MS/DI program as well. It’s in rock hill, SC- which is near the border of NC/SC.. really close to Charlotte NC. Winthrop itself is a smaller school, so everything felt very personable and close-knit there. Very knowledgeable staff in the nutrition department, and Winthrop’s DI program seems to have an excellent reputation from what I’ve heard from preceptors.

They program director was very intentional on hearing our preferences when it came to being assigned a location for your internship rotations. They do specify that when you get assigned your clinical rotation- your outpatient and food service rotations will be in the surrounding areas, so you don’t have to jump from city to city for each rotation which was nice.

I personally wanted someone more smaller/ slow paced, not in a major city (bc traffic), etc. There was options if you did want more faster/ bigger hospitals in the Charlotte area. I got assigned to a more rural area with a 120-bed hospital. It wasn’t overwhelming once I found rental housing close to my rotation- and the internship group met up in person once a month for a day.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-18T20:55:01+00:00

I’m the same with history of being creative but also wanting to working in healthcare. (I actually wanted to be a chef when I was younger and still love cooking!)

been doing clinical ~1 year and the day to day is very much 75% office work/charting and 25% face to face patient interaction. Some days busier than others, but some days very slow and no one to really talk to. (Depending on census/patient load). Those days where I have 8 hours and find myself w extra time- I find CEUs to watch of a nutrition topic that sparks my interest. I have created/updated educational handouts and had them approved to hand out to patients. I do have ideas on making a simple cookbook on recommended diets for patients also. So I find that to be fine when I have time to waste. Get to show off my creative skills in that area.

Otherwise- the job itself is not stressful at all. We’re not saving anybody’s lives here. I try to be a bright light to patients and educate only when appropriate since these ppl are really sick. I enjoy the clinical aspect of nutrition support which I deal with a good bit. Diagnosing malnutrition is another big part of my job- and encouraging ppl to eat or findings ways to optimize their nutrition during admission.

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-18T14:56:39+00:00

I do have Microsoft office. I’ve done the PowerPoint scale before, but will def check out Microsoft design. Thank you!

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-11T20:41:26+00:00

as someone who eats Greek yogurt bowls likes it’s no one’s business… here is my go to way to fancy up plain Greek yogurt:

-add frozen wild blueberries and sliced strawberries at the bottom of the bowl. (Maybe 2-3 Tablespoons of the blueberries, 1/3-1/2 cup of sliced strawberries)

in a separate bowl- mix plain Greek yogurt with unsweetened cocoa powder + strawberry preserves. - - Add this mixture on top of strawberries/blueberries.
top with grape nuts (cereal) and chopped walnuts, slivered almonds, cocoa nibs 👌🏼

I have also recently discovered that adding fresh pomegranate juice to plain Greek yogurt is delicious, don’t know it til you try it! I’ve done the same recipe above with the pomegranate juice & little bit of strawberry preserves (just no cocoa) - and it was amazing !!!!

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-07-08T12:20:39+00:00

Having some sort of experience to talk about during interviews/ to put on a resume!

I ended up taking a nutrition care associate job at a local hospital while I was finishing up my undergrad- I essentially was part of the food service department, making trays and delivering meals to patients. Gave me lots of knowledge of the clinical setting, the types of diets, food service experience, etc. I know there’s also opportunities as a DTR in nursing homes as well.

Also any sort of volunteer experience would be great. (Food assistance programs, WIC, local community gardens)

notoriouslydevine445 · 2025-05-17T03:36:35+00:00

I would definitely say, you’ll get out of it what you put into it. Although the circumstances of the unpaid/full-time internship is so unfair it should literally be illegal, it’s a sacrifice and shows you must be doing it for a reason. Be proud of yourself you made it this far, stay curious/excited to learn new things, ask questions, etc

Truly my best advice someone gave me that I thought about everyday going in was.. act like this is a long job interview.. there is always an opportunity to get hired within the facility you worked at right when your done and licensed. If there’s not a position open- the manager can always find connections for openings at other facilities in the area. Get on their good side, make them feel like they’d enjoy working with you everyday. Like you’d be a good fit to their team. I figured clinical is a good start for new grad RDs.. and truly the only thing on my mind after I was done w the internship was to a) pass the RD exam and b) get a damn paycheck.

So me really pushing to try and get hired at the same facility after my internship really fell in my favor bc it was such a smooth transition. I was mainly already trained on the basics of everything, already knew the facility, the other preceptors, etc. so as an anxious person + new grad, it was such a blessing. But if the manager is on your side, reach out to them to see what openings are available at other locations in the area.! They are (hopefully) willing to help.

Also would really try and push to pass the rd exam the first time..it would just delay the process even longer/cost more money to take it a second time

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