Natalie Jenkins, MS, RD, LDN

Primary care units: Neonatal Critical Care, Pediatric Critical Care, General pediatrics units, outpatient NICU graduate clinic, and inpatient maternal prenatal unit.

Responsibilities:

• Attended bedside rounds with physicians and other healthcare team members at least twice per week.
• Assisted with training newly hired colleagues.
• Lead preceptor to dietetic interns during their maternal/pediatric rotation.
• Regular attendance at the neonatal critical care committee meetings.
• Weekly attendance at NICU graduate clinic providing outpatient tube feeding management and neonatal and pediatric nutrition recommendations to patients and guardians.
• Educated patients and families on appropriate nutrition management strategies for specific health conditions.

Primary care units: Adult Critical Care, Trauma, and Oncology units.

Responsibilities:

• Attended bedside rounds with physicians and other healthcare team members at least three times per week.
• Assisted with training newly hired colleagues.
• Lead preceptor to dietetic interns during their critical care and oncology rotations.
• Regular attendance at the adult critical care committee meetings and the oncology committee meetings.
• Leader for colleagues during hospital wide transition to new electronic medical record (EPIC).

• Educated patients/guardians on the importance of proper nutrition in the maternal and pediatric populations.
• Taught group nutrition classes.
• Created and prepared visual aids, manuals and other materials used in teaching.
• Preceptor for dietetic interns.