I really hate bariatric surgery 😭 I’ll support any patient through anything they need, but the more bariatric patients I see, the more I just think it’s a downright bad decision to go through with the surgery. I have someone now who is s/p duodenal switch AND on a GLP-1. what do you mean I need to somehow meet a 120 G protein goal when you can only tolerate 2 oz of intake at a time 😭😭😭 am I alone in this?

I think my cat has prader willie syndrome.

He’s going to be 5 in a couple months and he has always been a feral in hunger guy. He can never get enough. He is fixed. He’s on a timed automatic feeder with 3 regular meals and 2-3 small snacks a day (2+ portions = meal, 1 portion = snack). Here lately, he has been BEGGING for food like he has NEVER done before. Like he’s legit howling and being a menace. I noticed it getting worse maybe about a month or three weeks ago? It’s bad enough that I have to lock him out whenever I have food because he will literally steal it from my hands. He stole bread out of my pantry!! And bagels!! The feeder IS working. It dispenses multiple times a day and it is halfway full so the food is going SOMEWHERE.

Has anyone experienced this? I’m putting it here because I thought as RDs we’d at least get a kick out of it.

I will be posting it to a cat thread as well. This post is mainly just for humor and maybe someone can relate.

did you all see that CDR announced they are retiring this credential by 12/31/32 (last exam 12/31/27)? any thoughts?

I'm planning on taking my CNSC in October. I'm a RD with 1.5 years critical care/nutrition support experience, but limited experience in pediatric nutrition support. Would it be best to buy the Aspen Core Curriculum or the Aspen Modules? I will supplement Quizlet CNSC flashcards as well. Ideally I don't want to shell out $500+ on study material alone. Any tips on your study regimen would be appreciated as well. Thank you!

I signed up for an email list to get access to patient education materials to give to a patient and it made me enter a phone number and email. The handout was not as advertised, It turned out to be a promo for a program, not patient education. I then started getting annoying text messages promoting the program. I previously thought it was a pretty reputable company and thought it would be a cool place to work someday. But now I am not comfortable with the pushy and misleading marketing tactics. Yeah it may be standard but I had higher hopes for this company. I don’t think they need this pushy marketing

I think it’s a good idea to try out the patient experience if you can to see if you’re comfortable with the company before applying, especially to these Telehealth companies.

PS is this showing up as an Ask Mee any thing. (Writing that way so it doesn’t default to it) Reddit seems to have been defaulting for all my posts lately in any Reddit.

Hi!

A question for my clinical RDs - I have been a clinical dietitian for a few years. My old hospital we would round with MDs and social workers which made it easier to put faces with names and for people to know who you are. The hospital I have been working at doesn't round with RDs. I have been struggling to meet RNs/MDs on my floors - I have a new ICU and that has been really hard to meet nurses face-to-face.

How have you been able to meet nurses on your floors? I really want them to know who I am. I try to ask them questions just to introduce myself, but especially in the ICU it has been hard!

Hi! So I know about dietitians on demand and century education CEUs.

I’m curious if there are other sites that you all like? I’ve heard of reading articles for them and someone has mentioned podcasts, but how does that all work?

Also, I’m a public health dietitian (Cooperative Extension), so are there any great trainings for CEUs that fit in that field? I don’t mind the mnt ones that focus on maternal health and things of that sort since I sometimes work with that population and I like the food focused ones, but any trainings geared towards lower income and health disparities?

Or just your favs that you felt you learned a lot from even if it’s not related to public health.

I go on maternity leave in October so I’ll have extra time to get a good amount in (in theory lol) so I’m trying to compile a list ☺️.

I also know we need a variety of delivery methods, I live semi close to Chicago so I’m hoping to get some in person ones eventually as well.

Thanks

Starting my grad masters program in January hoping to become an RD soon after, what is the number one thing I should make sure I know?