Today I put in a good 10 hour day - at the office. I'm still working now...I had 17 or so kiddos to type follow up notes on and 1 new assessment. I got 6 notes type and into the computer. Yesterday our NICU Lactation Consultant and I went to a day long conference on Neonatal Nutrition. We knew about 98% of the information that was told to us, but it's still nice to get that validation that we know what we're doing. I went into work today knowing I had a ton to do, but I also had a spark to do really great assessments on this kiddos. Not that I wasn't before, but I've always just felt like I was writing a pretty note in our EMR just to have a pretty new from a RD present.
Today I did nitty gritty assessments. I looked at linear growth and overall gains over the past month. I looked at the most recent CMP and Phos levels. I looked at protein to non-protein calorie ratios. I looked at growth vs. intake. I looked at Multivites and osmolality. I got 6 kids charted on. I have hand written assessments for all the kids for today - I just emailed myself 3 notes to enter tomorrow.
But today I also did an experiment on Beneprotein and formula. I did discharge teaching for 2 parents. I spent some time with a mom that's had her baby in the NICU for 130 days and I never had the time to sit down with her. I complied numbers for products and prices to see if we're wasting money and can cut costs without cutting quality. I spoke to my Neos about the best way of getting my recommendations under their noses so we can get these kiddos to grow to their full potential.
I may not have done a lot in the billable aspect of my job or been seen as "productive", but today was the first time in a long time that I felt like I was performing at my full potential as a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatrics & Neonatal Dietitian.
Also, NICU related. Yesterday a few of us toured the new NICU area, we got to share our opinions on everything from wall color/texture to floors to furniture. It's really exciting being part of the build and knowing that we're allowed to have such an influence of our new unit. I'm so ready to start seeing my new office and formula room get built out!
Time to type some more notes. Work never stops.
Today I did nitty gritty assessments. I looked at linear growth and overall gains over the past month. I looked at the most recent CMP and Phos levels. I looked at protein to non-protein calorie ratios. I looked at growth vs. intake. I looked at Multivites and osmolality. I got 6 kids charted on. I have hand written assessments for all the kids for today - I just emailed myself 3 notes to enter tomorrow.
But today I also did an experiment on Beneprotein and formula. I did discharge teaching for 2 parents. I spent some time with a mom that's had her baby in the NICU for 130 days and I never had the time to sit down with her. I complied numbers for products and prices to see if we're wasting money and can cut costs without cutting quality. I spoke to my Neos about the best way of getting my recommendations under their noses so we can get these kiddos to grow to their full potential.
I may not have done a lot in the billable aspect of my job or been seen as "productive", but today was the first time in a long time that I felt like I was performing at my full potential as a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatrics & Neonatal Dietitian.
Also, NICU related. Yesterday a few of us toured the new NICU area, we got to share our opinions on everything from wall color/texture to floors to furniture. It's really exciting being part of the build and knowing that we're allowed to have such an influence of our new unit. I'm so ready to start seeing my new office and formula room get built out!
Time to type some more notes. Work never stops.
Now I know why you have to blow off steam. Work hard, play harder! Proud of you.
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