Nutrition Support at Kindred Dallas and Kindred White Rock

This was my third week of nutrition support. I did the same as I did at Texas Health Dallas except I went between two facilities. It was a huge challenge however, because I had to learn a different computer system and all the medications I was learning were kind of the same, but they were generic names. Another foreign language. Kindred hospital is a Long-term acute care facility. Patients who can no longer be in the hospital due to insurance reasons but are not ready to go home come to a long-term care facility. I assessed and did follow-ups on patients for tube feeding orders. It was a crazy-busy week. On Thursday, the dietetic interns of Dallas attended an annual professional seminar at Baylor hospital where we learned about the RD Exam, our first interview, compensation and benefits, and we got to hear from previous interns about getting their first jobs. Friday I had the day off so I got my oil changed, used my massage gift certificate from Dan, and got a haircut.