Monday:
Today I was in the NICU with Laura. We attended rounds as usual. Laura is hilarious and I'm glad I got to spend some time with her my last week. Today was also the best day ever. I took my fate into my own hands. My interest lies in sports nutrition. Dream job? Division I collegiate sports dietitian. Think about it....Awesome job, right? Unfortunately it's not an "entry-level" position per se. Anyways, back to my day and my fate-taking. Roberta Anding is a very well known sports dietitian in the world of sports dietetics. She worked for the Texans for 12 years, works for the Astros, Rice, and Texas Children's. She is awesome and knows a lot of people in the field. I wasn't able to have a full day with her due to scheduling conflicts. Instead, I set up a meeting with her during lunch to ask her some questions, talk, and mostly just meet her for networking purposes. I'm thinking long-term here people! She was the coolest. Seriously. I'm convinced she knows everything. She answered A LOT of my questions about how to get from my current state to my dream job. She gave me very specific suggestions and names of people to get in contact with. It was so fun to talk with her. I think (hope) I made a good impression? It definitely made me more excited about all of it and the possibilities. I wish it would have worked out to spend more time with her while I was at TCH, but I'll take what I can get.
Tuesday:
Today I was back in the NICU with Laura. Just the usual preterm baby stuff plus more practice calculating infant TPN. I've also been working this past week on finishing up my case study presentation. I spent a lot of time working on some calculations on my case study baby's feedings. I wanted to show the changes in his feeding regimen. It changed slightly pretty much every day.
Wednesday:
Today was (surprise) not in the NICU! I would've been in the NICU all week, but my schedule has changed a little bit because of scheduling conflicts, dietitians having babies, dietitians finding new jobs and leaving, etc. Today I was in the allergy/immunology clinic with Lin Lin. A huge perk of today was free breakfast and lunch. I seem to end up in the clinics that have catered food all the time. Not complaining! I've always thought allergies were interesting because my brother was born with a ton of them (thanks Nick!). I'm glad I got to spend a day with Lin Lin learning more about allergies. It was all really interesting. I also learned about allergy tests where they place a sample of the food being tested in a patch directly on your skin. I've always done the skin prick tests so I thought that was interesting. None of the tests are 100% accurate, so that's reassuring...
Thursday:
Today was another day in the NICU with Amy, but more importantly it was my case study presentation! Unfortunately I had to change venues because the room they usually use was already booked. The room I actually presented in wasn't as convenient, so not as many dietitians attended. It was a smaller, more intimate group to present to, which is fine with me. I think it went really well! I got really good feedback on my evaluations and the dietitians seemed interested, especially the ones that aren't regularly in the NICU.
Friday:
My last day! I spent my last day with Nidia in the NICU, which only makes sense since she is my main preceptor. We attended pediatric grand rounds, which is a lecture that they do once a month (don't quote me on that time frame). This one was by a physician from Stanford University's Center for Allergy and Asthma Research. She was actually a double doctor (MD and PhD). Pretty cool, right? It was really interesting, especially after being in the allergy/immunology clinic earlier in the week. We also attended NICU rounds and went over my evaluations. Long story short, everybody loved me :) Crazy that I'm already done with all of my clinical rotations! Some of the other interns haven't even started their clinical yet. I really enjoyed Texas Children's, and I'm especially glad that I was able to complete my clinicals at two completely different healthcare environments. Here's to the next rotation! Oh, and some pictures :)
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| My ID badge that I had to return for security reasons or something like that... |
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| Me in front of the hospital! It was so nice outside on my last day! |
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