Happy RDN Day to each of the over 2,000 Compass Group RDNs who work every day to promote well-being for people and planet. Throughout the day we will share stories of RDNs making a difference in every part of our business. Please join us in thanking them for all that they do.
“Happy National Nutrition Month and Happy RDN Day! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each of the 2200 plus Registered Dietitian Nutritionists making a difference every day for patients, students, employees and residents in our client locations. Compass Group RDNs are representative of the diversity and opportunity in our profession as a whole. We volunteer and take on professional leadership positions; we are award winners and community food equity and access advocates. Beyond the more typical clinical and health/ wellness promotion roles, we also work in operations, procurement, sustainability, strategic projects, education, marketing and in senior leadership roles, collectively making significant contributions to the success of Compass Group.” – Deanne Brandstetter, MBA, RDN, CDN, FAND, VP, Nutrition & Wellness
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Congratulations to these outstanding TouchPoint RDNs on their many accomplishments:
Top Row:
Vanita Achar, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES Outpatient Dietitian and St. Alexius Medical Center created a Cultural Food Plate webinar for the annual TSS RD competency. It was recorded last fall and made available to everyone in MyLMS.
Tamara Marini, Adjunct professor/instructor at Mount Mary University for the Masters Program. Taught course on Macronutrients.
Valerie Shurley, RCNM Ascension WI .
– Wisconsin Delegate to the Academy- 2020-2023
– Appointed to the Nutrition Services Payment Committee 2019-2022
– Chair 2021-2022
– FNCE Moderator 2020 and 2021
– Presented for DMNT DPG. Telehealth Expanding Access to Nutrition Services. April 2021
– Presented for WAND Affiliate. Nov 2020. Telehealth Expanding Access to Nutrition Services. April 2021
– Presented to Mt. Mary University. October 2020 on Joint Commission.
Bottom Row:
Lori Lehnert – Collaborated with the SE Wisconsin RDNs to provide guidance for healthy changes in the Catholic School system meal program in Racine, WI. Above and Beyond Winner.
Susan Rizzo, RDN, LDN, CDCES Outpatient Dietitian and Alexian Brothers Medical Center
Pam Tews, St Vincent Calumet – Virtual Presentation to Kaukauna High School Nutrition Class on Nutrition for Teens
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Congratulations to these outstanding TouchPoint RDNs on their many accomplishments:
Top Row:
Ali Nitti RDN, LDN Assistant Director Alexian Brothers Medical Center completed the 2021 Chicago Marathon on Sunday October 10th, 2021
Kris Flanigan, CNM Hinsdale and La Grange MC, Chicago IL won Clinical Excellence Award
Holly DuBois, Columbia St Mary’s Milwaukee- Burn MNT Presentation to Mt. Mary University. Dec 2020 and Sept 2021
Middle Row:
Kris Multhauf, St Vincent Elmbrook- Organized a tree planting event at a local elementary. May 2021
Jennifer Dehart, Director Nutrition System, St Vincent, Birmingham AL, President elect AL State Dietetic Association
Donna Camp Clinical RD, St Marys, Evansville IN Above and Beyond Award
Bottom Row:
Alyssa Peters, St Vincent Mercy – NE Region Rep Elect for WAND 2021-2022
Laura Leciejewski, MS, RDN, LDN Director of Clinical Nutrition Alexian Brothers Medical Center/Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager IL created and recorded TSS IDDSI training module for all TSS management and RDs available in LMS
Barbara Atkins, Clinical RD St Vincent Riverside, Jax FL. Above and Beyond Award
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Hear from their colleagues about the difference #CompassRDNs are making:
"I would like to recognize Ben Sizemore, the lead RD at Prince William Medical Center.
Ben goes above and beyond for our patients, team members and students. It`s not unusual to catch him assisting in training our kitchen staff, coordinating care on a complicated patient with the ICU team and following through on a service recovery to make sure a patient`s tray is just right all in the same day. On top of this, Ben continually advanced his nutrition knowledge through attending webinars, reading the latest research articles and staying up to date on newest practice guidelines. The value he provides to the team is irreplicable and we`re lucky to have him on our team." – Kara Carter, RD
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Hear from their colleagues about the difference #CompassRDNs are making:
"I would like to recognize Victoria Brown, RDN, at St Vincent Riverside in Jacksonville, Florida. In the beginning of February, we launched MyDining here, and also implemented a new IDDSI menu. Victoria was on the trayline helping us review all IDDSI trays. She helped tremendously during the MyDining implementation and continues to be an integral part of IDDSI training and knowledge. Victoria is a new RDN who just passed her exam. Congratulations, and happy first official RDN Day, Victoria, and we appreciate all you do for our patients!" – Vanessa Vlcek, TouchPoint, Customer Experience Manager
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Hear from their colleagues about the difference #CompassRDNs are making:
"Our Food and Nutrition team would like to recognize Lynne Fasanella, MFT, MS, RDN
Assistant Director Clinical & Patient Services. Lynne is the assistant director of clinical and patient services at both Raritan Bay Medical Center and Old Bridge Medical Center in New Jersey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lynne had increased responsibilities, however; she took the position of Regional Director at Morrison Healthcare without hesitation. Despite having additional roles, Lynne continues to work closely with her team and constantly pushes her dietitians to grow within the nutrition field each and every day. She continues to maintain an open-door policy and listen to us when it comes to anything that we need. We want to recognize Lynne because she continues to stay positive and flexible, constantly setting an example for RD`s and dietetic interns alike. She is not only our manager, but a colleague, mentor and friend. Thank you Lynne for everything that you do!" -Patricia Kolesa, MS, RDN, Clinical Dietitian, Food and Nutrition, Old Bridge Medical Center
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Hear from their colleagues about the difference #CompassRDNs are making:
"I would like to recognize Philip Bobrowsky. Philip is the network support RD for Lehigh Valley Health Network in PA. Philip supports 13, soon to be 15 units in the SE and Central PA areas. He does so much for the network –
• developed a great IDDSI implementation guide for LVHN
• facilitates in person IDDSI training at units
• supports patient and retail menu development
• supports LVHN teaching kitchen programs
• always willing to provide RD support to any initiative. Hands on global support to all LVHN units.
We appreciate his always happy to help approach and his intuitive ability to understand operation needs. He is a great resource for all us and does his job with a smile on his face!" – Eric Goldberg, Senior Executive Chef
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Hear from their colleagues about the difference #CompassRDNs are making:
"Our CulinArt Director of Nutrition and Wellness, Stephanie Dorfman, MS, RDN is an amazing and energetic member of our leadership team. Stephanie and I work together on recipe and menu development and she can also be seen hosting tabling events at our accounts, leading our bi-monthly sustainability meetings, participating in and creating teaching kitchen events and culinary training videos as well as growing our Waste Not program, supporting new openings and refreshes and is involved in many other sustainability and wellness initiatives. We appreciate all that Stephanie contributes to our sector – Thank You!" – Peter Klein, Director of Culinary Development
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Every day our Registered Dietitians (RDNs) make a difference in our business and the lives of our guests. Today we celebrate them and the work they do:
• Teaching college students how to cook with flavor
• Inspiring a lifelong love of fruits and vegetables in elementary students
• Sourcing the best snacks to fuel the workforce through the day
• Developing new recipes that support a commitment to reducing our carbon impact
• Helping seniors navigate ever changing food and medication interactions
• Supporting premature babies with the nutrition they need to thrive
• Ensuring we implement industry leading food safety practices
• Collaborating on research initiatives
• Training our associates to safely serve guests with food allergies
• Bringing innovative technology solutions to personalize the food and nutrition experience
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Today we recognize #RDNDay by celebrating the work that #CompassRDNs do every day.
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Anna deserves every recognition that exists! She is such a compassionate, encouraging, smart leader. Throughout COVID her direction and leadership for our department has kept us going operationally and clinically. She is truly the backbone for Food and Nutrition at our hospital and we appreciate her guidance + expertise more than she knows. #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
With the change in our census and taking care of more higher acuity patients, more critically ill patients, Pat has jumped in without being asked. Taking it upon herself up to date on critical guidelines and nutrition support protocols so that she can help with the patient load has been instrumental to our clinical nutrition department providing optimal care! Along with this, Pat navigated telehealth to maintain continuity for her outpatients. #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
Although Jennifer is on the Nutrition & Wellness team, all of Envision Group knows she is a member who makes things happen! Besides her regular responsibilities, she is always ready to jump in and assist with other projects. This past year she worked tirelessly to help pivot to a Virtual Wellness hub-the WeEatLiveDoWell website- even volunteering her own sons as instructors in the For Kids, By Kids Teaching Kitchen @home series. She continues to be a source of innovation and inspiration as we move into our GoodFood4U, precision nutrition pilots. #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
Prasanna is passionate about nutrition support and delivering the best care for her patients. Her dedication to the profession is an inspiration to her colleagues. Prasanna and her team have persevered during a very tough year brought on by the pandemic. Through it all, she was able to complete the Dietitians in Nutrition Support Advanced Practice Residency (DNS APR) in Nutrition Support for Adults. Congratulations Prasanna! #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
Jill provides excellent nutritional care to all of her patients. #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
Diane has been instrumental in leading the clinical team (RDs, intensivists, RNs, RN leadership) to improve clinical practices related to critical care of COVID patients. #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
Our clinical team has worked tireless through the pandemic and the many changes that occurred as a result. The clinical team pulled together to ensure that patients were still being taken care of nutritional as optimally as possible with limitations in our face-to-face interactions. The team stayed abreast of new nutritional recommendations for ICU COVID-19 patients and informed the healthcare team appropriately to help those on the vent recover. The clinical team also worked with the rest of the food service department to make sure coverage for call-ins were covered and that nutritional supplements and enteral feeds were still arriving as needed. Through this, the clinical team didn`t miss a beat and remained strong and resilient in the face of hardship. As a result, there has been an improvement in the clinical team`s relationships with both food service staff and the healthcare team along with improved communication between everyone. We could not be more proud of our team and what we have accomplished during this unprecedented time! #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
Cecelia has been very flexible over the past several years stepping in to provide clinical coverage in a variety of areas including long-term care, acute and outpatient. She does an exceptional job in all clinical settings. She also, just recently, assisted us with a major chart audit project where her assistance was requested on short notice. Thank you, Cecelia, for your commitment to the success of Morrison Healthcare! #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
Kendra Hayes has been instrumental in moving the hospital’s outpatient nutrition program forward. Following her diligent efforts, she was able to secure additional FTEs, reduce the no snow rate and increase total patient visits. She also assists other accounts in care optimization by serving as a co-host for the Cerner discussion group. #RDNDay #CompassRDNs
The clinical team received a request from the Regional Director of Nursing, Community Health Integration asking for a presentation to be provided to NAMI KDK (National Alliance on Mental Illness for Kane-South, DeKalb & Kendal Counties- IL) about healthy eating during COVID-19. Katherine volunteered to spearhead this project and invested over 40 hours in development and recording. Other clinical staff contributed to the content, Katherine created the slide show “Don’t Panic in the Pandemic” and provided a voice-over recording of the presentation that was posted on the NAMI KDK website in October of 2020. Katherine’s presentation included a number of topics including daily routine, emotional eating, boredom eating, healthy snack options, mindful eating, exercise, protecting mental health, food safety and a resource for free or discounted meals. #RDNDay
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