Dietitian Observation Report

Getting dictated on what to eat and what not to seems a little obnoxious. Although on my recent interview with Ms. Aurora Cespedes, who is a Registered Dietitian at Su Clinica, we had a chance to sit down and have a talk about her work. I got to learn that dietitians do not dictate you’re eating habits, they educate you on not only the importance of eating healthy but on how you can decide, on your own, what’s healthy and what you should be eating. On a fresh sunny afternoon, I waited in Ms. Cespedes office for her to come back from her snack break since she is pregnant. I noticed the food sitting on her desk, “is that real?” I asked myself. As I reached over to touch it, Ms. Cespedes walked in and apologized for keeping me waiting. I jumped …show more content…
Cespedes. Spending 3 months studying and more time away from family, for the registration and license exams and her experiences from her internships was what prepared her for her career as a registered dietitian. This is what fascinated me on how Ms. Cespedes does her job, she doesn’t provide any sort of schedules, calendars, or meal plans to her patients. Instead, she educates them on how they are supposes to eat, based on their health conditions and lab results, and has them making their own decisions on what they believe is healthy. Through the use of communication and counseling, Ms. Cespedes is able to get through her patients and understand their situations. Since at Su Clinica, there is a lot of low income families that come in, mostly diabetic, and they believe that healthy food is more expensive than normal food so they don’t really try on balancing their diet. Ms. Cespedes tends to focus more on her patient’s personal situations, if they fell comfortable, rather than their stubbornness and gives them the motivation to start staying healthy. “The best way to get through a patient is through patienc”, says Ms. Cespedes, and asking them why they’re coming in, to her office, when it’s