As a competitive swimmer in both high school and college, I was committed to physical fitness, but I struggled with my weight. After unsuccessful attempts at fad dieting and unsustainable calorie restriction, I learned basic nutrition concepts that guided my food choices and enabled me to maintain a healthy weight. This experience inspired me to increase the depth of my knowledge and earn a degree in nutrition and food science from Wayne State University. After earning a degree and working in the field, I was determined to continue my education in Madonna University’s Didactic Program in Dietetics. I aspire to become a registered dietitian to promote nutrition education in the community setting in order to address health conditions and encourage …show more content…
My weakness is that at times I have difficulty asking superiors for help checking in clients when we are understaffed, so lately I have been working on asking for support in order to improve the timeliness of client services in the clinic. I am getting valuable experience at WIC where I utilize care plans written by dietitians and maintain diet records. I practice effective counseling techniques to ensure that our clients begin to make positive dietary changes. To enhance these skills, I have participated in extensive professional development that includes Advanced Client-Centered trainings run by the state WIC registered dietitians. This training helped me develop a rapport with clients who feel overwhelmed or reluctant to change, and has prepared me to enter the internship. My strength of providing a client-centered approach to nutrition education was recognized at WIC, and I was chosen to help lead staff in-service trainings on effective counseling techniques. Throughout my time at WIC, I have noticed that new staff members often feel overwhelmed once they begin to work alone in the clinic, so I took the initiative to compile a binder of reference materials that includes policies and procedures for new staff members to utilize while learning the position. …show more content…
Demonstrating dependable and conscientious work habits, I was subsequently trained and entrusted with the responsibilities of a dietary clerk. This position required room visits and additional interactions with residents to ensure patient satisfaction with meals. Working alongside a registered dietitian allowed me to observe modified diets that provide proper nutrition to address the individual health conditions of residents. My supervisor recognized my meticulous work habits and entrusted me to supervise tray-line and perform tray accuracy audits to ensure that trays met proper nutritional requirements. My experience working with a registered dietitian in a long-term care setting and my experience as a dietary clerk allowed me to become comfortable entering patients’ rooms and interacting with them in the clinical setting. I am looking forward to developing these skills as an
I think this project was a great opportunity for me to learn how to educate and guide patient’s in making better nutritional decisions with the help of my using MyFitness Pal. I think MyFitness Pal is an excellent resource for any patient that is interested in improving their nutrition. Nutrition is often neglected by patient 's, therefore, as dental professionals it is important to use the latest technology to attract our patient’s to become more interested in their nutrition. The positive impact of this project has encouraged me to recommend using MyFitness Pal to my patient 's as a hands on activity to help correlate nutrition and the patient’s overall health. This project also allowed me to become aware of the poor food choices I made, which will help to benefit my patient’s that have a similar diet.
In conclusion, It is therefore important that all healthcare workers involved in direct patient care should appreciate the value of providing their patients with adequate nutritional education and be familiar with the possibilities for providing nutrition support if needed for example Meals on Wheels that provides nutritious meals to home bound older adults who are unable to prepare meals for themselves and have no one able and/or willing to provide meals for them as this organization does uses a balanced nutritious meal that meets USDA recommended daily dietary
Nutritionism is an ideology that believes that the nutrients in foods are the key to understanding them. Nutritionism believers are so focused on the nutrients that food contains that they forget about all other aspects of food. The problem is that consumers rely on packaging to tell them what nutrients a food provides, since nutrients cannot be obviously seen, and they rely on science to tell us what nutrients are good and which are “evil”.
“As I work every day”, she started, “even though this is a job that I do in a repetitive fashion, I am moved every time by the fact that I can treat and improve people’s lives through food: what we might sometimes care less.” “I am able to help people with what they choose to eat, which in the end will help them walk the paths of healthy lives. And this is the driving force that strengthens my life as well.” And she added, “But compared to the amount and intensity of education one has to attain in becoming a dietitian, I don’t think this profession gets paid enough.” “And I devote plethora of my time in counseling my patients to reshape their nutritional practices. But I realized that these practices are really tough to break. This is when the negative aspects of being a dietitian come into
Education plays a dominant role in the lives of students all over the United States. Since most students spend roughly eight to twelve hours in school, it is important to make sure that they are provided with a healthy and nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack.
The 3day’s food analysis provide me with the necessary information, to where about I was getting my energy, vitamins and mineral. It’s also shows whether or not if I was meeting all my nutrient need. Unfortunately, this unusually 3days food analysis did not meet my usual eating habits. The 3days food analysis revealed, that I didn’t meet, my nutritional need in many areas. I think overall my energy intake was less than my output. I am not surprise or dissatisfies, because it’s not like I was trying to lose or gain weight.
As dental professionals it is our job to provide nutritional counseling to increase the patient’s awareness to make better choices in regards to nutrition. After
Proper nutrition is important in maintaining a long and healthy life. Most Americans are rushed due to their busy work schedules, and do not take the time to plan their diets properly. Like me, most Americans are unaware of the importance of eating a healthy diet and consume too many foods without the proper nutrients. Throughout my life I have been fortunate. I have not had any major health problems, and have been able to consume most foods without having to worry about gaining weight. These last two years, however, I started to gain weight and have become concerned with my diet. Changing my poor eating habits has been difficult for me, however, having this assignment has taught me that it is not as difficult as I previously imagined.
It is day one of your weight lifting program and you are ready to start your body transformation. It is the best workout out there, but with all of this searching for a workout plan, do you have a solid nutrition plan? Nutrition is not only 90% of the battle when it comes to improving all the aspects of health and fitness. It can be the ultimate reason why you may not be seeing any results. Trust me, when I say that iit has taken me years to figure out what foods, how much to eat, and how often to eat. What makes this challenging is everybody is different. What may work for you may not work for me. Some people can get away with eating crap and not gain an ounce but with me if I have a piece of cake, I will gain 5 lbs. I am a creature
I evaluated my qualities, and I exhibit qualities of a servant leader. I entered the health care field because I wanted to serve and take care of others. To become a servant leader, one must first meet the criteria of a servant before they can satisfy the criteria of a servant leader. The servant leader is the only form of leadership. The servant leader is the only form of leadership that places service as its first priority (Focht & Ponton, 2015). Characteristics displayed by a servant leader are, value people, humility, trust, caring, integrity, service empowering, serve other’s need before their own, collaboration, love/unconditional love, and learning (Focht & Ponton, 2015). When I initially meet my patients, I treat them as someone that I have known and loved forever. I am nonjudgmental because what you see and hear may not be the reality. As I mentioned before, listening is a critical component when working with patients. I listen to my patients because I want to learn who they are, what their needs are and if there is anything that I can do to assist. I try to understand exactly where they are coming from and where they are going. At times this can be a challenge because of the other tasks that need to be accomplished in a short period. I have a patient that comes to the center and for every treatment eats Kentucky Fried Chicken. Eating this unhealthy food is an enormous problem because the patient should not be eating fast food with their condition. The food contains ingredients that will become problematic with their treatment. Every session I take the time to educate the patient regarding the healthier chooses of foods that should be eaten. Unfortunately, the conversations fell on deaf ears. I was determined not to give up on this patient. To my surprise, one day the patient came in with a salad and baked chicken. The client told me that I was the first person to take the time with him. To
Dietitians are today’s secret heroes. What would athletes, patients, and clients of all ages do without them? This is definitely the career I see myself doing when I mature and get older because I know some people in the world really desire to be a better in shape. We only have one body so we have to take as much care of it as possible. It has always been my interest to help people work out and give advice especially my friends, but this is much bigger, it’s helping the world. I find this career interesting because not only do nutritionists get the chance to travel, work in various places or get the opportunity to meet different people but they put their heart in their job.
Although the treatment process was often frustrating and challenging, I actually came to enjoy my appointments with the nutritionist in her tiny, cozy office, cluttered with food models and recipes. She taught me the basics of nutrition and helped me form a healthier relationship with food. It took time and quite a few tearful sessions, but I slowly started to view food in terms of the nutrients and benefits it could offer me instead of thinking of food as the enemy. During my recovery, I experienced the powerful impact that proper nutrition could have on overall health. I gained back all the weight I had lost, and my hair stopped falling out. However, the biggest changes were the ones most people could not see just by looking at me; they were the emotional and mental changes that came from properly nourishing my body again. I could concentrate on schoolwork instead of planning out my next meal, and I ...
The late Nineteenth Century saw increased industrial growth in the United States. One of the major developments that led to the increased industrial growth was the expansion of the railroad. The railroad provided infrastructure that made it cheap to transport goods from one place to another. Investors could now build industries in different parts of the country and transport products fast and to a wide network of consumers. Another resource that fostered industrial growth was the influx of immigrants into the United States. During this time, many foreigners were able to come into the country and provide cheap labor for building industries thus reducing the cost of industrialization. In addition, the country was in need of vigorous development to cater for the needs of the growing population at that time.
A study by Valliant et al. examined the influence of nutrition education to athletes through four sessions with a dietitian (7). Nutrition knowledge and dietary intake was assessed both pre and post intervention. Prior to intervention, all athletes consumed less than required for all macronutrients. Post intervention, the results indicated an increase in energy intake of all participants although only 18% of the athletes came close to meeting their full estimated requirements (7). Average protein and carbohydrate intake increased to meet 72% and 66% of nutritional requirements respectively (7).
My field practicum at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center Nutrition Support Shared Resource would be a great experience for other students interested in public health, epidemiology, cancer prevention, and population dietary assessment. It would not be as relevant to students interested in clinical dietetics or food service because clients, patients, or customers are not interacted with and no food is served.