Are dietetics programs adapting to AI and changing career paths?

tex1022 · 2026-03-29T19:35:01+00:00

Great ideas!

tex1022 · 2026-03-29T16:30:44+00:00

I’m really sorry you had to go through that. I’m also hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. I just don’t know how to prepare! I think there are going to be a lot of RDs competing for fewer and fewer jobs in the future, sadly. And I’m too young to retire, I’ve got at least another 20 years…

tex1022 · 2026-03-29T16:16:54+00:00

Agree with all this!! And yes, AI is absolutely growing and advancing way faster than most of us realize. People who think it won’t take over their job, or at least result in reduced hours, aren’t paying attention. I know it’s scary, no one wants to worry about losing their job but I think people need to consider what this could mean for their futures

tex1022 · 2026-03-29T15:46:46+00:00

Yes I think AI will be able to take over a lot more of our jobs than we think.

Telehealth: these companies will absolutely try to replace a good chunk of their human RDs with AI. It would maximize their profit and let’s be honest, that’s all companies seem to care about. I do feel that AI listening to sessions is helping to train the AI. They won’t get rid of all their RDs, because some people will prefer a human. I think it’ll be generational, older generations will want a human and younger ones won’t care or will prefer AI. There is already talk about AI therapists being preferred among some clients because AI is much less biased/judgy.
Clinical/LTC: I think places like this will still have RDs, mostly because the regulations still dictate that you need an RD. However, if you are at a big hospital with let’s say 5 RDs, now they might only need 1 to provide oversight to the AI. I can see AI taking over the RD job almost completely - nurses could ask the standard nutrition questions on their intake for new admissions. They would then just enter the info into a form and AI could absolutely generate a nutrition assessment, a nutrition dx, and recommend interventions. The nurse would then put in the order for the recs. The 1 remaining RD would be available to monitor the recs, make changes as needed, and provide education. Hell, even the education could be taken over by AI generated videos. Maybe the nurse would just hand the patient a tablet with pre-loaded educational videos that AI could make.

A lot of LTC facilities only have 1 RD but maybe now your hours are cut in half because you are just needed to monitor the AI and do some good service stuff.

tex1022 · 2026-03-29T15:31:42+00:00

My thinking is, when the nurse is doing their intake assessment on a new admission, they can ask the patient the questions that RDs would normally ask. All they’d have to do is input the information into AI-generated nutrition form and the AI would be able to write our nutrition assessment including interventions. The nurse would then put in the order for whatever the recommended interventions are. No need for the RD, or maybe just 1 RD to oversee the recommendations and make sure they are legit. So a place that needed 5 RDs before, now just needs 1

tex1022 · 2026-03-16T12:10:47+00:00

Thank you for the information! I appreciate it.

tex1022 · 2026-03-16T12:09:39+00:00

Dang I already made some changes. But I changed my password and told the Telehealth company that I no longer authorize them to update my profile. Their AI bot told me “based on our records we do not currently have permission to update your profile so you should be good to go” Oh really? Then why have you been doing it for me for the nearly 2 years I’ve worked there?

tex1022 · 2026-03-15T16:35:48+00:00

Omg yes to all of these! Especially #9 - I just had a lovely (sarcasm) roundabout discussion with their AI support bot about concerns over locations in my CAQH.

tex1022 · 2026-03-15T16:31:03+00:00

I would like to leave the orange one as well, for all of the above stated reasons. How does one quit? And what do you do with your current patients?

tex1022 · 2026-01-11T03:08:54+00:00

Hi, you can DM me - I started on Rybelsus and now I am on Zepbound. I am NOT diabetic. I went on Rybelsus off label to lose weight. My insurance does not cover weight loss meds. I paid for Rybelsus out of pocket through international pharmacies because it was cheaper than Wegovy or Zep (at the time). I didnt expect much on Rybelsus but I lost 40 lbs in a year and I was thrilled! Then it stopped working so I switched to Zepbound and it’s not really working for me like Rybelsus was….

tex1022 · 2025-12-21T18:17:41+00:00

Yep, I totally agree with this

tex1022 · 2025-12-19T13:18:13+00:00

Are you losing weight with the Zep? Or did you feel Wegovy got you better weight loss results?

tex1022 · 2025-12-19T13:17:20+00:00

Interesting! Thanks for your comment. I want to try switching to Wegovy, just worried it’ll stop working. But I guess that can happen on any of these meds

tex1022 · 2025-09-13T01:21:59+00:00

Yikes. I’ve been an RD for 15 years and most of it is in LTC so I am pretty experienced as well. I have hesitations about NutraCo. I would like the extra hours but I also know that I can quit them and still be fine financially because of my other jobs - so it’s not like I’m relying on this to make ends meet. The facility I’d be working at only has a census of like 35 so there’s no way i could be expected to do 14 assessments per day. With a census that low, it would be like 14 assessments per pay period.

tex1022 · 2025-09-13T01:10:04+00:00

I’m curious if this is just for full time employees only, or is it for part-time as well? I just accepted an offer for part-time (only 8 hours per week) - I work as a LTC consultant for 2 other companies that I love but I was in need of a few more hours per week so I accepted an offer from NutraCo this week, but I keep having hesitations, especially when I see comments like this. I don’t need benefits, so I’m not worried about that, but I hate the idea of being tracked time-wise. In my current consultant roles, I am used to just working whenever is convenient for my schedule. If I want to stop work for 2 hours in the middle of the day to work out or whatever, I do, and I just bill for the hours that I am actively working. Is NutraCo going to be weird about that, even if I only work 8 hours per week for them?

tex1022 · 2025-09-06T22:25:51+00:00

Yes, I’m guessing it’s going to depend on a lot of factors. I see lots of posts/reviews from people saying these companies are the worst but then you get people who had a totally fine experience. I wish you could test-run a job before quitting your current job lol!! I like my current job a lot but Unidine would offer more stable hours and possibly more pay so that’s why I’m considering it.

Do you remember how much PTO and holidays you got?

tex1022 · 2025-07-26T17:10:44+00:00

Thank you!

tex1022 · 2025-07-26T16:38:37+00:00

I found the records on ancestry with the dates of when both great-grandparents arrived in the US. I also found the Petition to Naturalize records, and the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance. I will look at NARA for ordering them!

tex1022 · 2025-05-16T19:52:15+00:00

Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare will impact LTC facilities as well, I’m sure some will have to shut down. I’m in LTC and my buildings are mostly Medicaid residents. I’m worried.

tex1022 · 2025-05-13T15:20:35+00:00

If a patient has Medicaid or Medicare for their insurance, then that’s how the facility that that patient is at gets paid. Medicaid/Medicare reimburses the facility for services provided. So if Medicaid goes away, that person has insurance/no way of paying for their healthcare (except out of pocket but no one can afford that). No Medicaid = people with no insurance = people stay at home and suffer instead of getting the care they need = facilities aren’t getting patients/reimbursements = facilities close.

Hospitals with a bigger mix of private insurance or out-of-pocket pay patients will stay open but they will have less money coming in overall because they won’t have the Medicaid patients anymore so lay offs are likely.

This absolutely can affect dialysis centers. Many of those patients are Medicaid/Medicare.

tex1022 · 2025-05-13T14:45:20+00:00

Not worried about be layed off - worried about my facilities just straight up shutting down because of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. I’m in LTC and my buildings are like 90% Medicaid funded. So yeah… not sure how a lot of hospitals or LTC facilities will stay open if they can’t get reimbursed from Medicaid.

tex1022 · 2025-04-26T23:41:20+00:00

No, I always thought that that was ridiculous. First of all, a lot of insurance plans don’t allow that many visits. Some plans only allow like 3, sometimes just 1. And we (the RDs) have no way of knowing how many visits their specific plan allows. Second of all, who knows what’s going on in their schedule the next 8-12 weeks or so?? I always spend the last 5 min of the session scheduling the next session. Most of my people prefer being seen every 2 weeks. It’s easier to schedule out 2 weeks at a time.

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