To become a dietician you must be willing to research every day. New scientific breakthroughs are made on a regular basis that are constantly changing the shape of the practice. Dieticians must also be willing to regularly meet with patients and physicians to accurately determine if their current dietary plan is working or not and what steps they should take to reach their final goal. Hospital dieticians correspond with the kitchen staff to make sure healthy diets are supplied for each patient in the hospital, as well as on an individual level.

Educationally I am on the right path. In several weeks I will graduate high school with almost thirty college credit hours. I will need to take more chemistry, biology, and math classes. I plan on earning a masters degree in nutrition.

Overall, this is a very fitting choice for me. A dietitian has been something I have always wanted to become. After researching the job more and interviewing an actual dietitian, I have decided that it a sure bet for me.

As long as humans are eating food there will be a need for dieticians. Dieticians are in demand almost everywhere in the nation. Wherever there is a need to help the obese, injured, and malnourished, there will be a need for dieticians. Every hospital has a team of dietitians ranging in size depending on the size and budget of the hospital as well as the workload they must share.

hospital environment there are typically a group of dieticians to handle all of the inpatient diets. These dieticians in turn answer to their department manager, who works under a chairman. In the dietary department there are also several filing and appointment clerks who help the dieticians to manage their work and keep them on track. These clerks are required because of the high-volume of work a hospital dietician is responsible for. Even though dieticians must regularly meet with patients and physicians, schedules for dieticians are very loose, and they can usually pick their own hours as long as they are at work for a certain amount of time each week.

I interviewed Patricia Funk, a dietary nutritionist who has been practicing for twenty-five years. For the past five and a half years she has been actively teaching and working with patients at Shands at AGH. She works with about 15 other dietitians with similar job descriptions. Different groups of dietitians will typically work with defined groups of doctors or departments.

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