December 2007 Vol. 2 No. 12 |
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RD411.com Ends 2007 With 35 New Resources for You! RD411.com wishes you a very happy and healthy holiday season. We hope that by sharing resources through this site, you were able to increase your productivity and save some valuable time in 2007. We have many exciting things planned for 2008; so, watch for the newsletters and visit the site often. We are 100% dedicated to our mission—to provide you with easily accessible, reliable materials to help you do your job. Think of RD411 as your virtual assistant! The less time you spend reinventing the wheel, the more time you’ll have for your patients and clients. You are welcome to download, modify, and distribute any materials you find on RD411 for free! Here are some highlights of recent additions to the site. |
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New in the Wound Resource Center Do you need a handout to give patients and family members that covers some basic information for healing? Patients can play an active role in healing if they understand what to do. Use this handout to get them started on the road to healing. |
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Spanish Handouts in the Diabetes Center Did you know RD411.com now offers more than 40 handouts on various diabetes topics in Spanish? For example, a hot topic is carbohydrate counting. Check out our patient handout, which is available in both English and Spanish. You can even download it to your own word-processing program and add your own name and contact information. Muy bien! |
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“I Eat Pretty Well” or So They Say How many times have your patients told you they eat pretty well? Print out this handout to show them how to make an OK diet even better. This professionally designed, three- page handout shows each meal in terms of OK, better, and best food choices. |
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Need Ideas for Finger Foods? Digna Cassens, MHA, RD, shares her finger food guidelines. This is a must read for anyone working with Alzheimer’s patients or in long-term care, where the occasional order for finger foods leaves you stumped. Thanks, Digna, for sharing your guidelines. |
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Estimating Fluid Needs for the Obese Patient Contributing Editor Elizabeth Friedrich, MPH, RD, LD/N, reviews the topic of estimating fluid needs in obese patients. Since there is so much discrepancy and uncertainty on how best to do this, read the review and get involved in the discussion. We are always happy to hear your customary practice and what works for you; so, let’s get some dialogue going on hot topics. |
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Three New Slide Presentations for You to Use This month, we have three new slide sets you can download and modify for your own presentations. Please remember, that slides are best viewed with a high-speed connection and may take up to 5 minutes to download. New topics to the RD411.com slide library include Nutrition and Aging, Making Sense of MyPyramid, and Defining Dietary Supplements. |
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Form of the Month: Patient Meal Tray Log If you need to track your meal trays, we have a handy form to get you going. |
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Some Other New Highlights: Eyeballing Serving Sizes All About Caffeine Flax Basics Vitamin D Primer Lung Health―Nutrition for COPD Common Foodborne Illnesses Migraine Headaches and Diet Link Role of Magnesium in Preventing Diabetes And many more on www.RD411.com |
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Coming Early 2008: A special area on www.RD411.com devoted to toddler and kid nutrition. Look for handouts galore to help you help parents begin a lifetime of good nutrition for their children. |
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Want to Help a Busy Colleague? RD411’s philosophy is simple―the more successful each individual dietitian is, the more successful the profession is as a whole. This is a community site, and we welcome submissions, ideas, and suggestions from all colleagues and practitioners. If you have developed a great policy, a helpful form, or have another idea to share, contact Dr Nancy Collins, PhD, RD, LD/N, at RD411Office@gmail.com. Our goal is to get you out of the office and back with patients or clients doing what you do best! |
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