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Clinical Rotation

 Seton Hays

Seton Hays:

  • Largest medical campus in Hays County

  • Serves patients from Hays, Caldwell, and South Travis counties.

  • Offers the following services: 

    • Cardiac Care Services including Open-Heart Surgery

    • Certified Primary Stroke Center

    • Critical Care Services

    • Diagnostic & Interventional Services

    • Digestive Care including Surgical Procedures

    • Emergency Department/Level IV Trauma Center

    • Infusion Center

    • Inpatient Medical Services including Oncology

    • Labor & Delivery

    • Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

    • Outpatient Therapies

    • Surgical Care

    • Urology Services

    • Women’s Services

  • Also participates in the ERAS program

    • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery​

    • Currently only for GI surgeries

    • The RD played a big role in this program, offering pre-surgery consults to improve nutritional status before going into surgery, as well as following up on patients in the hospital. 

I spent 2 months conducting my clinical rotation at Seton Hays. Currently Seton Hays has 1 dietitian for the entire hospital, so as soon as I felt ready, I shared her patient load and even participated in staff-relief early on. I thrived on the fast-paced environment at Seton Hays.

 

During my rotation, I accomplished the following:

  • Performed nutritional assessments and determined appropriate nutrition care plans for patients, averaging up to 8 patients per day.

  • Providing in-patient educations on diabetes, congestive heart failure, heart healthy diet, and renal diets. 

  • Evaluated treatment plans and patient progress in order to revise nutritional care.

  • Prepared enteral and parenteral nutrition recommendations.

  • Established beneficial relationships with multidisciplinary teams.

    • Attended ICU multidiscplinary rounds throughout my rotation.

  • Attended Seton Dietitian network meetings and presentations. 

Projects: 

  • Conducted a literature review on how nutrition support affects the gut microbiota. 

  • Developed and presented 3 case-studies that showcased my nutritional assessments, nutrition care plans, and included a concept map. 

  • Created a nutrition education handout for management of acute-diarrhea. 

  • Conducted test trays to assess the quality of patient meals.

  • Presented an in-service to food service staff about the importance of texture-modified foods.

  • Evaluated inappropriate uses of the malnutrition screening tool and created a plan of how to correct these issues. 

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