Nurse and nutrition?

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Hey everyone!

Just wondering if anyone has any experience/advice with this...

I am trying to figure out how I can combine my degree in nursing with nutrition. I love talking about nutrition and helping in that area. I did a lot of research on going back to school to get my dietitian degree but realize that would be very time consuming and I need to work right now.

I thought about getting my diet technician certification but that doesn't seem to make much sense with having a BSN.

I am am just trying figure out how I can combine my nursing and passion for nutrition together. What type of certifications do I need or what kind of careers can I do?

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

What about certified diabetes educator once qualified? Nutrition is a component of CDE

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.

While you are getting certified as, say, diabetes educator or nurse educator (some of them find jobs in bariatric or cardiology teams and so teach a lot about nutrition), you may get your NM to organize small library covering issues in nutrition most commonly faced in your unit and took the teaching upon yourself when appropriate. I am a kind of passionate foodie and love to teach about nutrition, so I do it when I can. Everybody seem to love it, and it is really great way to boost customer satisfaction scores.

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