Kate Nelson, Ms, Rd, Cnsc Email & Phone Number

Denver Metropolitan Area

Greater Denver Area

Lead Clinical Dietitian for a 54-bed Long Term Acute Care Hospital. *Develop and track quality metrics*Developed Malnutrition Program to ensure accurate MD diagnosis and coding*Member of team to achieve Certification in Respiratory Failure from The Joint Commission*Super User for transition to new EHR*Review and Revise all Food & Nutrition Services.

Greater Denver Area

PRN coverage for all inpatient floors.

Greater Denver Area

Responsible for nutrition assessments and interventions of residents within the 45-bed Skilled Nursing unit.Manager of diet aides within the unit and for ensuring all food safety and sanitation practices are closely adhered to.

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO

In the Adult Acute Care Concentration of the Children's Hospital Colorado Dietetic Internship Program, I had the opportunity to work with many Registered Dietitians on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora CO, including: University of Colorado Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado State Veteran's Home, and the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Duties included assisting patients with obtaining orders for all inpatient meals and selecting food choices consistent with their physician-prescribed diet orders; efficiently setting up and delivering food trays to patients; maintaining food delivery statistics; charting patient intake; communicating with nurses and dietitians about poorly eating patients.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

As a volunteer for the Food Bank of Larimer County, I assisted in both the Kid's Cafe and the Food Share programs. In the Kid's Cafe, I helped make lunches and dinners to be distributed throughout the county to kids in need of a home-cooked meal. For the Food Share program, I helped sort and stock produce to be set out for those in need of immediate hunger.

Salida, CO

I worked for several years as a server at Benson’s Tavern and Monarch Ski and Snowboard Area; as well as past food service jobs at the West End Café, Moonlight Pizza and Bongo Billy’s Salida Café in Salida, CO. These positions require communicating with many different types of people, multi-tasking, handling money, and providing excellent customer service.

Salida, CO

As a Title 33 commissioned Colorado State Parks Special Recreation Ranger I enforced Park and Wildlife regulations and patrolled along 150 miles of the Arkansas River corridor from Leadville to Pueblo. I was responsible for educating the public regarding those regulations and for providing information about recreational opportunities in the area. Assisted.

Master’S Degree, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Gpa: 3.89

Completion of my graduate program in Community Nutrition has been one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences in my life thus.

B.S., Parks, Recreation, And Tourism Resources

Activities and Societies: Honor's student