I have returned from the very amazing experience that was the ADA's Leadership Institute. I was surrounded by motivated dietitians and part of me felt somewhat inadequate. I went to the Institute not because my state or city sent me, but because I applied, got accepted and then told my job they were paying for me to go. I bullied my way into leadership and frankly, it feels good.
I immediately came home with wheels turning. I wrote my boss' boss to tell him I'd like to meet and I have a lot of great ideas for our department. I also found out that the article I lent my nutritional expertise was published. I finally joined the New Orleans Dietetic Association so I can plot the take over, ha. I have to write the press release for my attendance at the Institute tomorrow. I've done the surface research on how to submit a proposal for a session at FNCE in Philly 2012 since it was highly suggested I do a talk on NICU assessments. So next step is start working on it. I will be facilitating the NICU RD Journal Club in August which will include a NICU crash course for all the area dietitians interested in learned NICU assessments. So I'll see what worked there and what didn't and tweak my presentation. I believe I have to talk for 60 minutes at a session, but I definitely know I can do that.
I have been anxiously awaiting the ADA's second edition of the Infant Feeding Guidelines so I can update our policies and recipe cards - which are all sitting in my office just waiting to be reviewed. I seriously hope my book is in so I can begin that process. More to write later, but off to bed for me!
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