DNS Mentoring Program
Dear Members:
As we are gearing up to launch the highly anticipated DNS Mentoring Program, I would like to share some food for thought (healthy, of course).
The purpose of this program is aimed to pair up mentors and mentees with shared professional interests. Our mentors are experienced clinicians, who are well known in the realm of nutrition support, looking to help newer clinicians in realizing all their career possibilities. I've had the pleasure of hearing from many prospective mentees with a wide variety of needs and expectations. To these interested parties - please take the time to think about a couple of specific goals and objectives you would like to accomplish during your mentoring relationship, as this will help benefit and nurture this great experience.
Each mentoring relationship will entail a signed contract between the mentor and the mentee for a minimum of six months. It will be the responsibility of both participants to agree on specific goals, and decide on specific activities that will facilitate the mentee in achieving these goals. Mentees must remember that in order to take full advantage of the experience, it is truly in the hands of the mentee to follow through on all activities both alone and with the mentor. The mentor will often provide guidance at the level he/she senses as the mentee's interest level. Thus, communication will be key between the contracted mentor and mentee, and I believe with the technological advances today, this program will be successful in connecting members nationwide with exceptional outcomes!
Please continue to contact me via the DNS website if you are interested in becoming either a mentor or a mentee. The list is building and you will be the first to know once the program is up-and-running. I look forward to facilitating a great mentoring experience for all of you in the near future!
Sincerely,
Yimin Chen, MS, RD, CNSD
Mentoring Group Chair
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I am definitely interested in joining the mentoring program as a mentee. I currently cover the ICU/NCCU/Neuroscience areas in our hospital.
Andrea Penix, MS, RD, LD
I look forward to working with a mentor to refine and enhance my nutrition support skills with a goal of obtaining certification. Please let me know what is needed in order to pursue the mentorship.
Suzanne Mach
216-374-1125
I am interested in this program. I would like to sign-up as a mentee.
Mihoko Caldwell, RD CD
Hi Mihoko
Please email me at: Sarah_J_Peterson@rush.edu to recieve more information regarding the DNS mentoring program.
Thanks!
Sarah
I would like to sign up as a Mentee. How do I do this? KK
Hi Kathy
Please email me at: Sarah_J_Peterson@rush.edu to recieve more information regarding the DNS mentoring program.
Thanks!
Sarah
I am interested in becoming a mentee. I am interested in attaining my CNSC as well. I cover CCU at my hospital.
Shauna Borrero RD,LD
Montgomery, AL
Hello,
My name is Constance Rudnicki and I intrested in becoming a mentee. I currently cover our ICU/CCU unit, and started covering our NICU unit. I am also intrested in getting my nutrition support certification.
Thank you,
Hello,
I think this is a great concept and I believe I can greatly benefit from it. Let me know when this starts.
Thank you,
Madhuri
Hello,
I work in critical and in the ICUs at our hospital. I am fairly new to this area, and would really like to get involved with the mentor program. I am also very interested in possibly pursuing my certification in Nutrition Support.
thank you
Heidi
Hi Heidi
Can you please email me at: Sarah_J_Peterson@rush.edu to get started in the in the mentoring program.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Sarah
Hi Heidi,
I'm so happy to hear of your interest! I will add your name to our current list of interested mentees and you will be among the first to know when the program launches and you can officially submit your application online. I look forward to working with you in the near future!
Yimin Chen
It's an honor to serve on the Mentorship Committee and to be a mentor. I am very excited about this new program. I believe this program will not only provide support to the new nutrition support practitioners but also provide leadership opportunities for seasoned practitioners. Furthermore, I believe it will help all of us to continue to learn and hone our clinical skills.
I look forward to working with all of you to enhance our role in patient care.
Hello
I think this program sounds great! I would love to help. Also, I am right in the neighborhood if you needed any assistance getting this going. I'm at Bethany Hospital, LTAC on the west side of the city. I am new to the city and looking for new ways to get involved.
I would be interested in any aspect of mentoring, specifically PN and lyte/fluid management. I also have a lot of experience working with complex enterocutaneous fistulas.
thanks!
Natalie Dickinson RD, LDN, CNSD
I am interested in participating in the DNS mentoring program when you launch it. I am the dietitian in a Long Term Acute Care Hospital with medically complex patients (ventilated, on hemodialyis, diabetic, needing wound care, etc).
Thank you,
Mary Ellen DiMatteo, MS, RD, LDN
bns4u@comcast.net
Hi Mary Ellen,
I am very happy to hear of your interest! We will do our best to pair you up with a mentor in your specific area of interest and practice. Start thinking about some objectives and specific goals you would like to achieve through this program. I will be in touch soon!
Sincerely,
Yimin Chen
Hi Yimin Chen,
I am very interested in becoming a mentee and my long term goal is to become a CNSD. Currently I work per diem and mostly I cover the ICU.
Hi Yimin Chen,
I am very interested in becoming a mentee and my long term goal is to become a CNSD. Currently I work per diem and mostly my work revolves in ICU.
I also would like to take advantage of this program and responded previously I believe through email. Is this the method you would like responses?
Thanks
Julie Scheier, RD
jscheier@otsegomemorialhospital.org
Hi Julie,
I'm so glad to hear you are still interested and waiting patiently for the Mentorship Program! I have your name listed from our previous correspondence, and I will defintely contact you as soon as we are ready to pair you up with a mentor. As I mentioned in the news posting, please start thinking about some specific objectives you may have and the specific area you wish to gain from your mentor-mentee relationship. This will help us tremendously in matching you with a mentor who will best meet your needs.
Thanks again for your continuous interest and we will be in touch soon!
Sincerely,
Yimin Chen
I am also interested, in becoming a mentee. Let me know when it starts!
kadanilovitz@geisinger.edu
Dear Ms. Chen:
I would like to express my interest in becoming a mentee when mentors are available and the program is activated.
Please let me know how I may best take advantage of this opportunity.
Thank-you.
Lynn M. Blocker
MA, RD, CDN
ADA # 551931
Great Neck, NY 11021
516 482 1377
Hi Lynn,
I am so happy to hear of your interest and have added your name to the growing list of interested mentees! As mentioned in the news posting, I urge you to start thinking about your specific interests and needs that will help you grow professionally. Make sure your goals and objectives are realistic and personalized to your own needs. Once you have this foundation set up for yourself, it will facilitate our matching process a great deal by pairing you with a mentor that will most closely offer knowledge and skills to meet your needs.
Thank you for your interest and I look forward to helping you succeed professionally through this program.
Sincerely,
Yimin Chen
Hello!
I would be interested in becoming a mentee as well. I see that this post hasn't had much activity for a bit, so I hope that I am not too late. Please let me know!
Thanks!