Clinical Nutritionist

Miteshri D Prajapati

**** * **, ***** * Lincoln, Nebraska Cellular:402-***-**** Email: *****************@*****.***

CLINICAL NUTRITIONIST

• 4+ years’ experience as a nutritionist

• Demonstrated ability to confer with clients to determine their nutritional goals

• Well versed in planning and executing appropriately charted out nutrition plans

• Adept at developing training materials in order to expedite nutritional processes

• Familiar with managing nutritional plans in a “coordinated care” environment

• Highly experienced in recommending special diets in diseases such as hypertension and diabetes

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

● Therapeutic nutrition

● Interviewing and counseling

● Dietary assessment techniques

● Documentation

● Quality patient care

● Communication

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Introduced the concept of coordinated care to the facility which brought about much success in carrying out effective nutrition plans

• Developed the facility’s core materials for educating clients and family members on the benefits of eating healthy.

• Determined nutritional evaluation by means of age and developmentally appropriate standards.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

University of Nebraska Lincoln January 2016 – May 2017

Completed a 1 year certificate course in Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Conducted a mini research on childhood obesity as a part of Transdisciplinary Obesity course.

Worked on several projects which included collecting and analysing data for the community health workers of Nebraska, worked on the data of several DSME sites of Nebraska, county wise distribution of community workers.

Conduct various literature reviews on the potential research topics.

Conducted a sample qualitative research on ‘Diabetes Education’ as a part of the course requirement.

Registered Dietitian Intern

Saifee Hospital, Mumbai (India) March 2014 – August 2014

Completed 50 case studies in different disease conditions

Conducted a small research as a part of the internship program in the hospital premises

Regular hospital rounds in all department

Diet counselling and planning discharge diet plan for each patient.

In patient and Out Patient counselling with special emphasis on patients in the Intensive and Critical care units.

Food service management- As a part of the Nutrition department, I had to be a part of the kitchen and food service in the entire hospital.

Nutritionist

VLCC Wellness Institute, Mumbai (India) January 2013 – September 2013

Meet clients to determine their nutritional needs and goals

Chart out relevant nutritional procedures and plans based on individual clients’ nutritional goals

Educate clients on the need for appropriate eating habit

Develop materials to aid in nutritional education

Reinforce nutritional education at every meeting

Analyze clients’ present food intake and add or take away whatever is not healthy

Recommend diets and exercises to facilitate nutrition plans

Advise what type of food clients need to take

Confer with other healthcare professionals for clients who have medical problems

Dietary Intern

Motiben Dalvi Hospital May 2013 – July 2013

Took preliminary patient information such as nutritional backgrounds and medical histories

Participated in the food preparation of the patients in the hospital kitchen.

Food tasting every morning before service, especially for low sodium diets.

Nutrition counselling for in patient and out patients.

Planning different diet plans according to the patients need.

Undergraduate Intern

CODS- Center for Obesity and Diabetes Surgery May 2012

Data entry of more than 200 patients in a span of 3 weeks in their software.

Up gradation of laboratory and test reports in the patients profile every week

Completed a literature review on various topics- Vitamin D and bariatric surgery and nutritional status of patients post obesity surgery.

Came up with an recipe booklets for obese kids

Participated and organized a summer camp for obese kids.

EDUCATION

NN College of Home Science, University Of Mumbai, India – 2010 to 2012

B.Sc in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics

Dr BMN College of Home Science, SNDT University, India- 2012 to 2014

Master’s in Clinical Nutrition

University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA – From August 2015

Master’s in Nutrition and Health Sciences (specialization in community nutrition and health promotion with minors in Food science and Technology).

ADDITIONAL

Worked as a graduate assistant for the department of Nutrition at University of Nebraska- Lincoln for collecting, coding and analysing data for health promotion activities in collaboration with faith based community workers in the state of Nebraska.

Worked at NAP SACC for 3 months as a part of a course my Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention course at University of Nebraska- Lincoln.

Presenting a poster for the UNL Research fair on “What you say matters!” Conducted a mini research on the practices of childcare providers at Ruth Staples (UNL extension).

Presented Poster on “Effect of a high protein bar on the body composition of PCOS patients” at the Indian Dietetic Association 47TH Annual conference at AIIMS New Delhi

Presented another poster on “Vitamin D deficiency in Indian” at the International Conference organized by Nirmala Niketan College of Home Science.

Represented India in a student exchange JENESYS program organized by American Field Services Japan Association Inc.

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