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San Pablo, California, United States

- Provide nutrition education to patient's and family members on kidney health, function, and dietary needs of people with kidney disease and End Stage Kidney Disease (ESRD).
Planning nutritional meals for patients.
- Develop individualized meal plans and education related patient's medical conditions and the state of the patient's health through the nutrition care process.
- Provide continuous monitoring, examination and evaluation of patient's laboratory values and adjustments to patient's nutrition plan.
- Provide recommendations to physician regarding adjustments to nutrition-related medication based on laboratory values.
- Implemented motivational interviewing to improve patient engagement and clinical outcomes and patient adherence.
- Core team member in improving Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program (QIP) above recommend percentiles in key nutrition areas such as albumin, phosphorus, serum calcium, parathyroid hormone levels, and serum potassium.
- Certified Kidney Smart Educator, which teaches patient's diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (stage 1-4) kidneys function basics, causes of kidney disease, how diet and nutrition can affect kidney disease, what health changes can be made to take control of kidney disease, why employment and the right insurance coverage are important, and which treatment options are available.

National City, Ca

- Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans to develop and implement nutrition care plans and provide nutritional counseling. - Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation. - Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient or client.- Identifying the developmental needs of dietetic interns and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping dietetic interns to improve their knowledge or skills.

Las Vegas, Nevada

- Provide all clinical services including nutritional assessments and documentation, MDS assessments and Care Plans, facility weight management and participation in Nutrition at Risk Meetings for Skilled Nursing and Long-Term Care residents. -Complete weekly meal rounds and monthly sanitation audits.- Prepare facilities for utilizing specialized quality management protocols and individualized solutions to meet state and federal regulatory requirements.- Frequently evaluate current processes in place and focus on continuous quality improvement and program development.

Santa Clara, Ca

- Responsible for providing comprehensive clinical nutrition care & services to patients at high acuity teaching hospital. - Skills include clinical assessment, screening for nutritional risk, developing, implementing, and monitoring a nutrition care plan, education, and follow up.- Counseling and education of patients & family members.

San Francisco Bay Area

San Jose, Ca

• Provided medical nutrition therapy to patients in accordance to hospital protocols and physician's orders in both acute care setting within the ICU, neuro, telemetry, stroke, oncology, general medicine, pediatric, and behavioral health settings.• Managed post-heart surgery recovery nutrition program providing nutrition counseling and education on heart-healthy nutrition, reviewing and assessing patient's food logs, creating individualized meal plans, and coordinating with physical therapists with patient's exercise plans.

Collaborate with professor in teaching proper safety procedures in food preparation area, sanitation standards, food preparation terminology and techniques, weight and measurement conversations, and preparation of food products from stocks, sauces, soups, dairy, meat, fruits, vegetables, and eggs.Demonstrate proper knife techniques and culinary techniques to improve student comprehensionAnswer questions from students, manage grocery list and food order sheets, and manage students and multiple laboratory tasks simultaneously.

Work with program directors in planning and implementing the Spartan Survival Cooking ClassPrimary instructor for providing basic cooking knowledge and skills including knife skills, preparation of fruits and vegetables, preparation of meats, different cooking methods, time management, and food safety. Provided nutritional information at the beginning of each class to increase student interest in health and nutrition.

Prepare variety of meats, seafood, poultry, vegetables, and others for various cooking applicationsPortion food products prior to cooking according to standard portion sizes and recipe specificationsPrepare salads, small plates, and desserts for customers to order and plate for service.Maintain clean and sanitary work condition

Key team member for the conceptualization and creation of a new, advanced online weight management program and provided innovated designs and ideas during developmentProvide phone based, one-on-one nutrition based counseling and coaching to motivate and inform clientsDevelop numerous flexible, individualized food menus for clients through an extensive caloric range, dietary preferences, and macronutrient amountsResearch nutrient data and update nutritional database for clients to input into his or her online food records

Perform clinical nutrition activities including body composition measurements, 24-hour dietary recall, and resting metabolic rate measurementsInitiate numerous company projects, which are implemented into the company’s weight management and sports nutrition programsCreated over 500 individualized food menus over a wide range of caloric amounts, macronutrient distribution, and dietary preferencesDevelop, maintain, and update required medical records and charts using MNT Assistant and Nutritionist’s ProConduct preliminary nutritional counseling for pediatric patients and explain the online food records keeping system for all clientsConducted grocery store tours to provide nutrition education on how to select healthy products and provided simple, healthy recipes

B.S, Nutritional Science, Concentration Dietetics

Bachelor'S Degree, Nutrition Sciences