Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Generic

Ginger Robbins

Cookeville,TN

Summary

Knowledgeable Clinical Dietitian with 15 years experience in educating patients and families, monitoring patient nutrition and managing physician-ordered diets. Demonstrated success in collaborating with clinicians to optimize patient plans. Thrive in challenging, fast-paced settings when managing multiple tasks and working with various patients.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Renal Dietitian

DaVita Dialysis Corporation
02.2011 - Current
  • Provided ongoing support and guidance to patients as they navigated lifestyle changes related to their renal diets, fostering a positive environment for success.
  • Evaluated patients'' adherence to renal diet recommendations using advanced assessment techniques, identifying areas for improvement and providing targeted support.
  • Analyzed lab results to monitor patients'' progress closely and adjusting their diet plans as necessary to maintain optimal health status.
  • Assisted patients clients with mean plan development, addressing individualized dietary requirements.
  • Developed nutrition plans addressing individual patient diabetes and food allergies.
  • Advocated for patient needs within interdisciplinary team meetings, ensuring that nutrition remained a focal point in overall treatment planning.

Community Nutrition Educator

Health Department
09.2002 - 01.2010
  • Women Infant & Children (WIC) nutrition educator. Counseled expectant mothers on their nutrition needs during and after pregnancy.
  • Taught breast feeding classes, gestation diabetes education, early childhood nutrition and feeding guidelines up to age 5.
  • Diabetes educator through the primary care clinic at the Putnam County health department. Conducted one on one education sessions with patients struggling to control their diabetes or who were newly diagnosed. Taught them carbohydrate counting using their personalized diet plan.

Education

Accredited Professional Dietetic Internship

State University of New York
Oneonta, NY
09.2008

Bachelor of Science - Human Nutrition

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN
05.2001

Skills

  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Supplement Recommendations
  • Dialysis Knowledge
  • Patient Education
  • Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Diabetes education

Timeline

Renal Dietitian

DaVita Dialysis Corporation
02.2011 - Current

Community Nutrition Educator

Health Department
09.2002 - 01.2010

Accredited Professional Dietetic Internship

State University of New York

Bachelor of Science - Human Nutrition

Tennessee Technological University

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE
Ginger Robbins