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Balance Your Budget with Free Resources! Message from Nancy Collins, PhD, RD, LD/N, FAPWCA My email in-box was filled with bad financial news today. In one single day, I received messages from my city government office, my childhood camp, my dietetic association, and my alma maters, FIU and UNLV, about budget cuts. The messages all spoke to a common theme even though they came from diverse entities. The financial strain of the current economy has hit everyone. We are all doing more with less. As healthcare professionals, it can be difficult to give each patient our best with downsizing, bigger patient loads, and looming deadlines. Let RD411.com help you. New resources are added all the time; we currently offer nearly 1,400 different items. In the coming months you will find even more innovations and new tools. I am very excited to unveil what I have planned and I can’t wait to share it with you. Watch this space for news. As always, I love to hear your comments and feedback. Please email me at Nancy@RD411.com.
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RD411.com is happy to present a continuing education course entitled 5 Ways to Be a Better Dietitian. Skelly Publishing is offering 2 FREE CPEUs to RD411.com users. Simply click here to learn some new tricks of the trade while earning 2 FREE CPEUs! Also, for a limited time, Skelly Publishing, an accredited provider of CPEUs for RDs and DTRs, is offering 20% off any purchase just for RD411.com users. Visit http://www.skellypublishing.com and use coupon code RD20 at checkout.
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NuMedix brings us a new FREE course entitled Vitamin D: The New Nutraceutical. 2008 might be regarded as the year of vitamin D. The journals were eagerly reporting the results of dozens of new studies while the popular press was getting the information out to the masses. Click here to read the latest on vitamin D and receive your one hour education credit.
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Can a great tasting pasta have a low glycemic index? Dreamfields Pasta contains only 5 grams of digestible carbs and has 5 grams of fiber. Like other premium pastas, Dreamfields is made primarily with durum wheat semolina, which is why it has all of the flavor and texture of traditional pasta. RD411.com users can get a free sample kit so you can taste it and see for yourself. Just click here and a free kit will be mailed to you via the US Mail.
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| Last month, I told you about a new resource that would be ideal for private practice dietitians, entrepreneurs, out-patient dietitians and anyone trying to market their facility, business or practice. I am thrilled that so many of you took advantage of this brand new marketing service designed to help you build your own brand. If you are like many of my friends, you may have developed an extensive mailing list over the years but simply don’t have the time to design slick marketing products to keep your name in front of your target audience. RD411.com now offers bi-monthly four-page newsletters that you can use to stay in touch with your own clients and patients. Each newsletter contains timely topics, covering various aspects of nutrition, health, exercise, and well-being. The content meets the same high standards that RD411.com demands, and is peer reviewed and referenced, where applicable. You can download the file and then send it to your own mailing list or you can bring the file to your local print shop if you prefer paper copies. You can even personalize the newsletter with your contact information. Click here to see the new Spring issue and learn more about this new service.
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Each month Dr. Collins will highlight one book she recommends. A must read for those in long-term care! Nasty, Brutish, and Long: Adventures in Old Age and the World of Eldercare (Avery/Penguin) by Ira Rosofsky is a candid, humane, and improbably humorous look at long-term care. With a compassionate eye yet mordant wit, Rosofsky, a psychologist charged with providing mental health services to his elders in a wide variety of nursing homes and assisted living centers, writes of his professional life along with his personal story of caregiving to his own frail, elderly parents. It is also a rumination on his own aging and mortality. It is available at bookstores and all the online booksellers. Rosofsky’s web page, www.rosofsky.com, has links to booksellers and will tell you more about him and his book.
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The more successful each individual dietitian is, the more successful the profession is as a whole. Think of RD411.com as your virtual assistant. The less time you spend reinventing the wheel, the more time you’ll have for your patients and clients – and yourself. You are welcome to download, modify, and distribute any materials you find on RD411.com for free.
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Here is a partial list of the huge selection of patient handouts available for your professional use. Click on each title below to view the complete article. Look for the download buttons in the upper right corner of each article if you would like to use it in your practice. There are even more handouts in the special centers for diabetes, wound care, toddlers and kids, and renal disease. Let RD411.com save you time so you can get back to the business of nutrition and healthcare. Allergies, Intolerances and Special Diets Diseases and Medical Conditions Fiber and Grains Fruits and Vegetables Grocery Shopping and Food Preparation Miscellaneous Topics Vitamins and Minerals
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New Glucerna® bars will provide people with diabetes new flavors to meet their breakfast eating occasion. Glucerna® Blueberry Snack Bar and Glucerna® Cinnamon Bun Mini-Snack Bar are two new additions to the Glucerna® bar line. For more information, visit www.glucerna.com.
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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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