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30 Job Ideas for RDs from A to Z
Dietitians do a lot! The specific role of a dietitian is tied to what area they practice in. If you want even more information about RDs, check out "where dietitians work" and "what do dietitians do?".
Since I love a list, here are just some of the specialty areas RDs can work in and some of the different places dietitians can work . . . from A to Z!
- A = Administration, Academia
- B = Business owner (private practice), Blogger
- C = Consultation, Corporate Wellness, Clinical RD (aka hospital RD)
- D = Disease prevention and treatment (think malnutrition, overweight, kidney disease, heart disease)
- E = Enteral nutrition expert (Example: Tube feedings)
- F = Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (FAND)
- G = Geriatrics, General Pediatricians Office
- H = Health care
- I = Intensive Care Units (ICU)
- J = Jails and other institutions
- K = Kitchen management (or food service)
- L = Label-reading educator
- M = Media relations (Example: news, radio, television, magazines)
- N = Nutrition consultations (Examples: individual counseling, restaurants, etc)
- O = Outpatient RD, Oncology (cancer) RD
- P = Pediatrics
- Q = Quality Assurance (Example: food service, airlines, food manufacturers)
- R = Recipe development (Example: restaurants, cookbooks)
- S = Supermarket RD (grocery tours, healthy eating on a budget, etc), Sports nutrition (Examples: college or professional sports teams, Olympic athletes. You can earn your CSSD a specialty degree for Certified Specialists in Sports Dietetics).
- T = Teacher (Examples: collegiate, masters, doctorate, or preceptor for dietetic interns)
- U = USDA RD (Examples: agriculture, school breakfast program, school lunch program)
- V = Vegetarian or vegan counseling (Example: protein complementing, adequate micronutrient intake)
- W = Weight management counseling, Wellness or health coach
- X = Examine patient for nutritional issues (ex: tricep skin fold measurements, Subjective Global Assessment, etc.)
- Y = Your personal nutrition coach (ex: weight management, triathlon training, Olympic training, etc.)
- Z = Zoology (Examples: veterinary nutrition, develop and analyze pet foods)
These are only some of the examples of where dietitians can work and watch dietitians can do. Do you work as a RD in another area? Please leave additional job opportunity ideas in the comment section below.
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Dietitians do a lot! The specific role of a dietitian is tied to what area that practice in; if you missed yesterday's post, check out where dietitians work.
I work primarily as a clinical dietitian. In other words, my primary work setting is a hospital. I work with the medical team to provide adequate care and appropriate nutrition, which is also called Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT). I am able to work with physicians to write TPN (total parenteral nutrition or IV nutrition) and tube feeds for patients who can not eat by mouth. I help counsel patients with many nutritional needs: malnutrition, failure to thrive, formula mixing, healing wounds, post-surgery nutrition, post-transplant nutrition, dialysis, diabetes education, and much more.
In the outpatient setting, I counsel and educate patients in a clinic similar to your doctor's office. The type of education or MNT is only limited to what type of doctor you work with or what types of patients are seen. In a Nutrition Clinic, dietitians see patients that are referred by doctors. So, the range of nutrition counseling is endless.
Dietitians can teach in schools and colleges. RDs can write menus for schools, restaurants, or large corporations. RDs can be policy-makers. RDs help fuel collegiate and professional athletes to help improve their athletic performance. If it has to do with nutrition, dietitians can be involved because dietitians are nutrition experts. Nutrition is a broad field with varied job opportunities. Did I leave out one of your favorite areas of practice for a RD? If so, leave a comment with more information about what RDs can do.
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One of my passions is helping people. I also love teaching, and these two things are combined in my being a dietitians. Registered Dietitians (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN) can work in many settings: hospitals, schools, dialysis centers, outpatient clinics, schools, college sports teams, professional sports teams, research, food service, and in so many other settings.
I work primarily as a clinical dietitian. In other words, my primary work setting is a hospital.
In an outpatient (aka not in the hospital) setting, I counsel and educate patients in a clinic similar to your doctor's office.
I also work in academia as an adjunct professor teaching collegiate courses. I currently teach two, 1,000-level courses in Basic Human Nutrition. I will also be teaching Life Cycle Nutrition I and II this Fall and Spring! I love teaching; my favorite part of teaching is that "light-bulb" moment where everything clicks and makes sense. I also enjoy helping preparing dietetic students and dietetic interns for the future careers in dietetics.
There is a lot of misinformation about nutrition, so I work to help people understand the basic of nutrition and how it relates to their health. In my career, I have had the opportunity to work ins several different areas including pediatrics, nephrology, diabetes, general nutrition, critical care, clinical, and higher education. As a RD, I also have the opportunity to help people every day by teaching them bout good nutrition. My hope is to help and encourage people to become healthier by making small, healthy changes to their diet and lifestyle choices.
My goal for this blog is to provide valid, science-based nutrition information that can be used in real life. I will also provide cooking tips and recipes for healthy living. And, you'll get a little slice of my life as a dietitian.
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