MNT: Pediatric Rotation

American Family Children's Hospital
Madison, WI

As a part of my clinical rotations, I was able to complete a 3-week rotation at American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, WI. I found that I really enjoyed working with children and parents in the inpatient setting.

Some notable experiences include:  

• Spent 1-week in the NICU calculating enteral nutrition needs for high-risk premature infants

• Attended rounds on unit and learned the importance of communication between other healthcare professionals providing care to the patients 

• Independently use an interpreter to provide a soft-food diet education to the family of a child who just had a Nissen Fundoplication surgery

• Interpreted growth charts and calculate energy needs for various age groups

• Calculated enteral nutrition needs for high risk patients

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Some other patient populations I had the opportunity to work with on this rotation included a patient on TPN for small bowel obstruction, patients admitted for cleft palate surgeries, premature NICU babies, oncology patients, short bowel syndrome patients, and malnourished pediatric patients with varying diagnosis. 

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