Is it already that time?

I never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm going to miss this place! The staff at Moore has been incredible; I have to agree with Sarah Levy that the past 12 weeks have been a great learning experience, and one that could have never been replicated with classroom instruction.

Today I sat in on the R.D.'s NICU competency workshop. Typically, our R.D.'s don't cover NICU, since computers do all the calculations for tube feedings, but once in a while a consult will be sent to the office and the clinical director, who specializes in pediatrics, will assess the pt. MRH doesn't have a very high acuity NICU, clearly. But it was interesting to see how calculations would be made, if the need arose. Like Rachael noted, it's a lot more decimals and minute, rapidly changing calculations.

On another note, I saw a pt today, a 89 year old woman who looked absolutely FANTASTIC for her age- I'm not kidding when I say she didn't look a year older than 70, at the most. Well, she was so excited that I came in to see her because it turns out her daughter's an R.D....and a pretty baller one at that: as in, Vice President of Nutrition Communications for a very well known food industry company that shall remain nameless (ahem, HIPAA). She was so proud of her daughter, telling me all about her career path and travels....she wished me luck. She was just the sweetest. I'm telling you, I just love old people. Who would have thought?