Douglas Chironno - Region

Hi everyone and future interns.
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My name is Douglas Chironno. I  received my Masters degree in Nutrition and Exercise from Queens College and I started my internship in the Fall of 2024, starting with my clinical rotation in a hospital setting. 

I wanted to share some tips I learned along the way that I think will be helpful for your in your clinical rotation.

The pre assignments can be lengthly but well worth the preparation. They are a good tool to refresh on before each rotation, in many cases the timing was perfect…If you get a chance, don’t hesitate to review them right before you walk in the door.

Another tip is to get familiar with your site’s ADIME note asap. The ADIME note is the way we organize information and communicate it with the other RDs and interdisciplinary teams. I found it helpful to make a blueprint of my sites ADIME note for reference. 

Once you have the note down and studied the pre assignment material,  with help from your preceptor you’ll be ready for anything.

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