Registered Dietitian Consulting Services
Consulting for Head Start and WIC facilities (Women, Infants, and Children)
I currently consult at:
Head Start facilities in South Sioux City, NE and Fremont, NE.
The Medicaid Waiver Program in Northeast Nebraska
Long Term Care, Assisted Living facilities, or Critical Access Hospitals
References are available upon request in writing.
Services provided for Long Term Care Facilities include:
Nutrition Assessment and Documentation
Medical Nutrition Therapy
Guidance to facility committees addressing weight loss, skin care, and other pertinent issues
Enteral nutrition recommendations
Abiding by federal and state regulations
Presentation of staff inservices
Review and approval of menus
Food Safety and Sanitation guidelines
Food purchasing and budgeting assistance
Recommendations on food preparation
Preceptor services for Certified Dietary Manager students or Dietetic Interns
Medical Nutrition Therapy and Counseling
What is medical nutrition therapy?
It involves assessing a person's nutritional health, and diagnosing problems that may be controlled
with nutrition interventions. An example of this would be diagnosing an inadequate intake of nutrients that is contributing to a person being underweight.
Once the problem is discovered, then the dietitian works on nutrition interventions with the client, and they set reasonable goals together. Continuing with the example of an underweight client, the dietitian and the client may decide that the first goal would be to increase his/her calorie intake at meals and snacks.
The dietitian educates the client on how to reach the goal and follow-up on how the client is doing. Together they would decide whether the goal is met or if further interventions and education are needed.
Kristin uses this Nutrition Care Process whenever she works with a client. The process can be extended to the following conditions that she specializes in:
Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension
Childhood Obesity
Diabetes
General Nutrition/Wellness
Maternal Nutrition/Lactation or Breastfeeding
Cancer/Oncology
Adult Weight Management
Alternative Nutrition