Kristi Kline

• Managed workload in multiple clinical environments including inpatient care, subacute rehab, and long term care.
• Conducted comprehensive nutritional assessments including physical exams for accurate diagnosis of malnutrition.
• Improved patient outcomes by developing and implementing customized nutrition plans based on individual needs and medical conditions.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient care and ensure seamless delivery of nutrition services.
• Optimized clinical workflow by maintaining detailed documentation and efficient communication with colleagues.
• Initiated process improvement for nutrition documentation in EPIC EMR system by identifying areas of patient safety concern and areas for improvement to workflow and efficiency.
• Worked with EPIC team and nutrition management team to develop order sets, reports, documentation flowsheet adjustments, progress note templates, and system wide changes to ordering processes.
• Mentored dietetic students and onboarding dietitians fostering a collaborative work environment that facilitated professional growth and development.
• Assisted coworkers, students, and onboarding staff with EPIC training and set up.
• Contributed to development of departmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Evaluated food service operations for quality assurance purposes, identifying areas for improvement in efficiency and ensured processes meet regulatory standards.
• Facilitated weight committee monthly by compiling and reporting weight loss quality measure data to the interdisciplinary team.

Managed clinical nutrition workload and responsibilities in a subacute rehab setting.

Managed clinical nutrition workload and responsibilities in a long term care, memory care, and subacute rehab setting.

Managed clinical workload of two dialysis centers involving routine clinical assessments, documentation, laboratory result review, and coordination of care with interdisciplinary team and external caregivers.

• Represented nutrition department in 5 hospital wide committees including infection control, clinical leadership, customer service, pharmacy and therapeutics, wound care.
• Enhanced assessment templates for different needs assessments including initial assessment, reassessments, calorie count and malnutrition risk assessments.
• Implemented nutrition focused physical examination and malnutrition risk assessment into patient care practices.
• Ensured clinical staff followed policies and procedures by conducting audits regularly to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.