Dietitian Interview Paper

During my spring break, I went to go interview a registered dietitian to learn more about their job and exactly what they do. I asked a lot of questions during this interview, but I will only give a few of them that really interested me. I went to Nutrition Associates of East Brunswick, which is a place near my hometown. The dietitian I interviewed was Maria Sakowitz, MS, RD, CLT. For this interview, my main goal was to find out more about the job and how they work with their patients. I learned that she graduated with honors from Rutgers University in 1991. Later on, she went back to schooling and graduated in 2000 from University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ. Currently, she is a diabetic educator helping with adult weight loss. She also
From there on her main focus was on food and exercise. She continued on that path and it lead her to where she is today and she loves it and loves helping people become better. I also asked how she thinks that a registered dietitian could have helped her when she was younger. At her young age, she did work with dietitians that helped her become familiar with how to enjoy food and exercise. Maria had some dietitians that were rude and did not help with her eating disorder. She knew that if she continued down this path to be the dietitian people love and enjoy. Next, I asked, “What is a typical day in the life of a registered dietitian?” Maria starts off her day with screening her patients. She does this by getting a good nutritional assessment. This assessment allows you see recent weight loss, appetite, body mass index, etc. She then asks her patients about the history of their diet, what they eat in a normal day, and the type of exercise done. During the interview, she also observes the patients physically. For example, if she notices malnutrition, muscle loss, and the percent of fat on the patient. From all this information she then puts it all together and makes a plan based on the gathered information. Each care plan is different and it is
I did not know much about what they did going into the interview and coming out I realized they help people in ways that I did not know. I also did not know they some registered dietitians work with people with cancer or feeding tubes. This can be very emotional at times for the dietitian because patients come in with a certain amount of time left to live. You can grow with your patient in ways that you might not have seen coming. It was also very inspiring seeing that there are people at their like these registered dietitians that help people with cancer or feeding tubes. When you hear someone gets diagnosed with something this serious, you do not hear registered dietitians much. Registered dietitians help out these patients as much as the doctors and nurses do and I do not think they get enough credit for