Like Laurie, I was able to use some of my Spanish skills this week. The R.D. I was rotating with had a few consults in the maternity unit so we headed over there to divide and conquer pt chart reviewing. On the way, she was looking at the last name of one of the pts and commented that it might be a spanish speaking pt. I said, "Ooo, that'll be fun" and she chuckled. After checking in with the pts nurse, we confirmed that yes, the pt didn't speak English. The nurse didn't speak Spanish. The R.D. didn't either. I told the R.D. that I could observe her speaking with the first two pts and then I could talk to the spanish-speaking pt last (it was my first time in this particular unit). She looked at me and said, "you know how to speak spanish? I thought you were joking earlier!" So we did just that, and I spent a few minutes talking with the mother, while my rotating R.D. stood blankly looking at us. Let's just say she couldn't exactly evaluate me on that diet education, since she had no idea what I was saying.
Anyway, I'm all over the ADA's NCM online resources too; we can access them from any computer on any floor in the hospital and they're excellent for pt education. And thanks for sharing RD411.com with us Rachael!
Adios for now!
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