Internship and Work and Stuff

I am less than a week away from graduating my internship...I can't believe it! The past 9 months have gone by so fast, its hard to believe I thought it would never end only a couple months back :-) Right now I am in the middle of my staff relief. I spent one week in the hemodialysis unit, which was a good way to ease me into being on my own. Last Friday we had oral exams, where the intern is in a room with all of our preceptors and they ask us questions for an hour. It is really intimidating and I definitely wasn't thinking my best...but I some how passed! This past week I started my two weeks of staff relief in the ICU/DOU. I really love my preceptor that I am working with, she has been very supportive of me throughout the entire internship. HOWEVER, it is a really intense floor to work on, and I have been very busy. But it is worth it because I love nutrition support (ie. parenteral and enteral nutrition) and I think that is the area that I want to focus my practice.

Here are some pictures from the internship:

Interns: Jen, Sylvia, Hai Van, Sarah, Kritstin and Me

Interns in the Healing Garden

The interns at our Wellness Fair booth

Me, Sylvia and Sarah at the Farmer's Market during National Nutrition Month

My cooking demo during National Nutrition Month. Won't miss having to wear a hairnet!!

So, what will I be doing after my internship? Since the middle of March, I have been working at a company called Healthy Dining Finder as their web manager. It has only been about 10 hours a week during my internship, but is going to increase to about 20 hours per week once I graduate. Healthy Dining Finder is a great company that has a team of registered dietitians look at restaurant menus and pick out the healthiest items. We also do nutrient analysis for restaurants and have daily blogs about the different restaurants or health topics. It is a great company that is doing great things in the field of nutrition, and I am happy to be a part of their mission. 

I also am looking for a per-diem or part time position as a clinical dietitian, so I will keep you posted on that. The next step is taking the RD exam, which is a little intimidating. The interns took a practice RD exam the other day and I didn't do as well as I hoped - Which pretty much means that I have a lot of studying in the next month!