• Critical thinking to integrate facts gathered from nutritional assessment and observations.
• Decision-making and problem-solving skills to determine the right intervention.
• Collaboration and interpersonal skills to establish effective relationship with the multidisciplinary team.
• Familiarity with Cerner, Epic, and MediTech EHR programs to track and record patient progress.
Work Experience
10/2020 to Current
Renal DietitianDavita – Wilmington, NC,
Worked with patients and IDT to establish, document and update plan of care (POC) to achieve short and long term goals.
Assessed on-going nutritional status of patients to determine appropriate nutrition intervention(s) and recommendations. Seeked physician guidance regarding lab test results and appropriate interventions.
Functioned as Mineral and Bone Disorder Manager for the facility.
Developed individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy including meal plans for patients based on monthly lab results and individualized goals.
Provided nutrition education and counseling based on individualized patient needs including nutrient requirements, background and abilities, medical, economic, and social situation.
Participated in patient care conferences, home rooms, and core team meetings. Effectively communicated pertinent nutrition issues to the IDT and to patient's families.
11/2018 to 09/2020
Clinical DietitianDean Health – Springfield, IL,
Provided recommendations and assessed for adequacy and appropriateness of Enteral and Parenteral nutrition regimens for patients requiring nutrition support.
Delivered diet education for high risk patient groups including congestive heart failure, end stage renal disease, uncontrolled diabetes and oncology patients.
Collaborated with the Department of Speech Language Pathology and Foodservice staff on designing and implementing The International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) at The Anaheim Regional Medical Center.
Provided in-service to all medical, nursing staff, clinical dietitians and foodservice staff on the new IDDSI standards and guidelines before the implementation phase.
Attended multidisciplinary meetings with department managers to identify trends and problem areas, improve the patient's perspective of their overall care and discuss ways on how to boost HCAHPS scores.
08/2018 to 05/2019
Clinical DietitianDean Health – Tipton, MO,
Attended stand up/stand down interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss the nutritional care of long term residents and participated in care conferences as needed.
Collaborated with other team members, as well as the patient/family, in the decision making process, the implementation and monitoring of the nutritional care plans and goals to improve or maintain nutritional status.
Routinely completed sanitation audits and inspected the kitchen for compliance with company policies, procedures, standards, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
Completed monthly tray accuracy audits for precision, quality and compliance with diet order.
Developed a calorically dense nourishment list for the facility's residents.
01/2018 to 08/2018
Clinical DietitianDean Health – Wisconsin Dells, WI,
Attended interdisciplinary ICU rounds and worked collaboratively with other health care professionals to implement nutrition interventions, and coordinate the nutrition care of the patient.
Completed monthly assessments/follow-ups for patients in the neuro-critical care unit. Evaluated enteral feeding prescriptions including formula type, amount, administration and other parameters based on specific patient needs. Attended weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss recommendations with family and staff.
Acted as preceptor to two dietetic interns and was responsible for teaching, mentoring and providing feedback when necessary to help meet clinical competency requirements.
07/2014 to 06/2017
Degreed NutritionistSDSU Research Foundation WIC Program – City, STATE,
Acted as an advocate by empowering women and children to make informed healthy food choices by providing them with information, support and directing them to relevant support services when appropriate.
Provided assessment, promotion and assistance to breastfeeding mothers to foster successful lactation.
Conducted educational classes to WIC participants on various nutritional topics, in group and individual settings.
Translated and reviewed Arabic nutrition education material for the California WIC program to ensure consistency, readability, cultural appropriateness, and common-language that is used in WIC clinics by our Arabic participants.
Completed an inter-professional evidenced based capstone project for my masters program at the SDSU WIC Program. The evidenced based capstone project was able to decrease wait time and total appointment duration of clinics by 35%.
Organized and participated in WIC outreach activities for program publicity.
Education and Training
Expected in 2017
: WIC Dietetic Internship SDSU Research Foundation - San Diego, California GPA:
Expected in 2016
Master of Science: Healthcare Administration and Leadership University of California San Francisco - San Francisco, California GPA:
Expected in
: Didactic Program of Dietetics Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ, GPA:
Expected in 2012
Bachelor of Science: Nutrition and Dietetics American University of Beirut - Beirut, GPA:
Societies
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N)
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (CAND)
Licenses
Registered Dietitian (RD), Commission on Dietetics Association
Certified Lactation Educator (CLE), University of California San Diego
ServSafe Certification, National Restaurant Association
Certified Professional Food Manager, National Environmental Health Association
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