Elizabeth Wanjiku Ndungu
Nairobi
Summary
Experienced and registered clinical Nutritionist/ Dietitian (former nurse) with 4 years experience in promoting healthy lifestyle and preventing / managing chronic diseases in both outpatient and inpatient clinical settings.
Skilled clinical Nutritionist with expertise in developing personalised nutrition meal plans and carefully monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the meal plans.
Dynamic and modern clinical Nutritionist, up to date and open to new technology/ new nutrition based interventions in both medicine and nutrition.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nutritionist
AAR-HEALTHCARE
05.2021 - Current
- Currently Working as a clinical nutritionist in an outpatient center alongside other health care workers at the hospital to offer holistic care to patients who have nutrition related illnesses.
- Using the nutrition care process to determine a nutrition diagnosis, and devising interventions that will help heal or improve the illness and later monitoring and evaluating the patients
- Developing diet plans to aid in preventative medicine for patients.
- Helping patients reduce hbA1c and blood pressure to normal levels by devising diet plans and reviewing their lifestyle.
- Reviewed diabetic and hypertensive patients / taught newly diagnosed patients about dangers of diabetes/ hypertension, use of the diabetic model plate and DASH diet and management of diabetes and hypertension
- Administering Vitamin A to children between 6 months and 5yrs every 6 months and monitoring they growth patterns.
- Counseling / Teaching complimentary feeding for children between 6 months and 2 years through diet and lifestyle.
- Working as a team member in Annual Wellness Package by Assessing and reviewing lab results and guiding patients towards better diet and lifestyle changes, by capturing poor nutrition & lifestyle at an early stage
- Collecting and recording data for patient’s upkeep and easy monitoring and evaluation
- Giving nutrition health talks with an aim to educate and address nutrition related illnesses, concerns and myths. i.e. in companies/ corporates, church, estates.
- Main nutrition Illnesses encountered; Diabetes Mellitus, elevated hbA1c, hypertension, gout/ high uric acid, Hyperlipidemia, Malnutrition, obesity, micronutrient deficiencies.
Clinical Nutritionist
Santa Reva healthcare
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Worked as a part-time clinical nutritionist in an outpatient center alongside other health care workers at the hospital to offer holistic care of patients by assessing, diagnosing, intervening, monitoring and evaluating individuals who had nutrition related illnesses
- Worked as a team member in Annual Wellness Package by Assessing and reviewing lab results and guiding patients towards better diet and lifestyle changes, by capturing poor nutrition lifestyle at an early stage
- Reviewed diabetic and hypertensive patients / taught newly diagnosed patients about dangers of diabetes/ hypertension, use of the diabetic model plate and DASH diet and management of diabetes and hypertension through diet and lifestyle.
- Developed diet therapy plans for difference acute and chronic illnesses
- Created realistic goals with the patients and came up with effective ways to achieve them in order to maintain normal nutrition status/ prevent diseases.
- Documented data on the software to keep updated records of patients for easy monitoring, evaluation and to help with monthly reports
- Main nutrition Illnesses encountered; Diabetes Mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, anemia.
Clinical Nutritionist
Kiambu Level V Hospital
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Worked as a clinical nutritionist alongside other health care workers at the hospital to offer holistic care of by assessing, diagnosing, intervening, monitoring and evaluating individuals who had nutrition related illnesses
- Services offered were throughout the hospital at both inpatient and outpatient departments which included: Inpatient; Emergency room, Diabetes clinic center, Mother and child health care clinic, Integrated management of child illnesses clinic, comprehensive care clinic, nutrition consultation clinic
- Outpatient: Maternity ward, Gynecology ward, newborn unit ward, Pediatrics ward, male and female Medical ward, male and female surgical ward
- Assessed patients to determine a nutrition diagnosis and established a diet therapy
- Planned Nutrition interventions/ wrote regimes for patients and set timely, realistic and attainable goals
- Monitored and evaluated the progress of patients who had been placed on diet therapy and updated the intervention according to the progress.
- Assessed and conducted nutrition screenings for outpatient clients and educated patients/ family members / caregivers on individualized nutrition intervention for the patient e.g. diabetes patients, HIV patients, gastric, liver, renal, cardiac patients, moderate and severely malnourished children and adults
- Assessed children under 5years old to determine they nutrition status and supplemented them on Vitamin A and Dewormers per guidelines
- gave health talks to educated post/ pre-natal mother on nutrition for pregnant and lactating mother and also supplemented them with Iron Folic Acid supplement
- Educated mothers on complimentary feeding
- Gave nutrition talks at the postnatal maternity ward and also demonstrated on how to breastfeed, proper Latching, Kangaroo mother care (KMC)
- Educated and Supplemented SAM and MAM patients i.e. With FBF (fortified blended flours) and RUSF (ready to use supplementary food) and RUTF (ready to use therapeutic foods)
- Calculated nutritional requirements and provided supplements for parenteral and enteral nutrition as needed for inpatients
- Used IMAM (integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition) to treats and supplement children with F75 and F100 per guidelines
- Effectively communicated with the kitchen staff to maintain special diet therapy for inpatients
- Collected and recorded data and did monthly reports
- Participated in government initiatives through community health programs supported at the hospital.
Nutritionist
Lea Toto-Nyumbani /COGRI (USAID)
04.2018 - 07.2018
- Worked as a nutritionist with other healthcare providers to assess, diagnose and provide a nutrition and health plan, for; HIV positive and exposed children of age 2 weeks old to 21 years of age who were under the program
- Enrolled new patients in to the program, did nutrition assessments to determine their baseline, taught and counselled on nutrition especially where gaps within diet / meals were met
- Coordinated supplementary feeding programs for SAM and MAM patients using FBF’s, RUTF and RUSF
- Administered Vitamin A and dewormed patients within the program
- Dispensed micronutrients supplements to children between 6months and 2 years of age
- Trained caregivers on basic health and nutrition to improve the well-being of families within the program and the community at large
- Operationalized infant feeding support to PMTCT
- Updated and Monitored the nutrition data, kept record and did monthly reports
- Operationalized food distribution for food insecure households within the program.
Nutritionist
Pumwani Maternity Hospital
01.2018 - 04.2018
- Worked with other nutritionist and other healthcare providers to assess, diagnose and provide a nutrition and health plan, for; children under 5 years of age, and for pregnant, lactating mothers (inpatients and outpatients)
- Assessed and Monitored growth of children under 5 years, counseled/ prepared menu plans with caregiver for those under complimentary feeding and those who were underweight and with faltering weights
- Promoted and counselled on Exclusive breastfeeding taught/ counselled mothers on breastfeeding, positioning and latching
- Provided / administered Dewormers, Vitamin A, Iron folic acid supplements to children below 5 years of age and to pregnant mothers respectively
- Assessed HIV positive and HIV negative patients for MAM (moderate acute malnutrition) and SAM (severe acute malnutrition), counselled, prescribed and dispensed RUTF’s and RUSF’s and FBF
- Referred those with medical conditions to the doctor
- Taught pregnant and lactating mothers about proper nutrition care, counselled many who had iron deficiency anemia and guided them through a proper plan to increase their HB levels
- Supplemented where necessary to correct deficiencies e.g., anemia, calcium, magnesium.
Private Duty Nurse Pediatric Nurse
Epic Home Health Services
04.2010 - 05.2013
- Worked as a private duty nurse pediatric nurse for children with physical, cognitive and metabolic conditions
- Worked and care for kids with special needs and unique health needs, supported their families and educated them on the special needs of their children
- Did daily assessments on patients and administered medications
- Used skilled communications to communicate with both patients and parents, sometimes sign language in regards to care process of patients
- Discussed with family on the nutritional and medical needs of their children depending on their condition and helped apply the discussed ideas
- Applied G-button care and fed children though G-buttons
- Gave tracheotomy care to patients with tracheostomy
- Prepared food for children with special need
- Received new orders from doctors including new medications and communicated to other nurses and doctors on the new changes for the patient/ children
- Updated pediatricians with new history on patients and also assisted in examination and evaluation of patients.
Home Health Nurse
Reach out Home Health Agency
09.2009 - 08.2011
- Worked as a part time home health nurse in homes and hospitals with both children and adults
- Checked patient’s vital signs and administered medications
- Went over medical and nutrition aspects of patients at home and hospitals with, the patients and their nurse aids and therapists
- Responded to questions from patients and reported overall health of patients to their doctors
- Also, worked in the hospice department, administered meds, gave care and comfort to patients under hospice.
Pediatric Nurse
Additional Kare for Kids
09.2009 - 03.2010
- Worked as a pediatric nurse for children with rare metabolic conditions/unique conditions
- Worked and care for kids with special needs and unique health needs, supported their families and educated them on the special needs of their children
- Did daily assessments on patients and administered medications
- Used skilled communications to communicate with both patients and parents, sometimes sign language
- Discussed with family on the nutritional needs of their children depending on their condition and helped apply the discussed ideas.
Education
Bachelor of Science - HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
KEMU University
Nairobi, Kenya08.2018
Collin county community college
Plano, TX12.2012
Licensed Practical Nurse -
Grayson County College
Van Alstyne, TX08.2009
Sherman Presbyterian hospital
Sherman, TX08.2009
Collin county community college
Plano, TX05.2008
Skills
- Biochemical Analysis
- Clinical assessment
- Patient Counseling
- Medical Nutrition Therapy & meal planning
- Diabetes Education & lifestyle planning
- Pediatric nutrition
- Chronic Disease Management
- Functional Medicine
- Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
Accomplishments
- Epic Health Services - Best nurse for the month of October 2011
- Grayson county college nursing department - Received an award for best achieved results in Phlebotomy
- Collin county community college nutrition department - Award for best healthy desert
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Clinical Nutritionist
Santa Reva healthcare
07.2021 - 01.2022
Clinical Nutritionist
AAR-HEALTHCARE
05.2021 - Current
Clinical Nutritionist
Kiambu Level V Hospital
01.2020 - 12.2020
Nutritionist
Lea Toto-Nyumbani /COGRI (USAID)
04.2018 - 07.2018
Nutritionist
Pumwani Maternity Hospital
01.2018 - 04.2018
Private Duty Nurse Pediatric Nurse
Epic Home Health Services
04.2010 - 05.2013
Home Health Nurse
Reach out Home Health Agency
09.2009 - 08.2011
Pediatric Nurse
Additional Kare for Kids
09.2009 - 03.2010
Bachelor of Science - HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
KEMU University
Collin county community college
Licensed Practical Nurse -
Grayson County College
Sherman Presbyterian hospital
Collin county community college
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