Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Week 3- Wednesday

This week has been good but I'm also sad I'll be leaving! I gave an education on Consistent Carb Diet and it was strange to see that kind of need here at the clinic. I enjoyed talking to the patient and his mother though as they were very receptive! While also dealing with his cancer it was extra important for him to be eating. I explained to him how the treatment may affect him and how it will affect his blood sugar if his eating habits aren't consistent.
Today I put up my bulletin board on Nutrition and Cancer and it looks good! Picture will be up at the end of the week.
Tomorrow I will be attending another meeting about documenting the nutrition assessment. Its neat to see how this process is beginning. More and more staff are paging Karina for consults and I'm able to do them just as she is so it's been a great experience.
The documentation process is the Nutrition Care Process yet it is a more thorough assessment because of the cancer center. It will allow her to document cancer types, treatment types, supplements... It is from ADA and diagnostic, intervention, and monitoring terms will all be listed. It would be neat to see the final product-which will be electronic.

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