Lacie Lehmann, MS, RDN

Experience

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  Texas Woman's University

  Jul 2008 - Jun 2009

  Medical Nutrition Therapy

  specific program including 16 weeks clinical, 4 weeks food service management, 4 weeks staff relief, 8 weeks community, and 2 weeks sports and wellness nutritionAssessed patients for nutritional risk to make further recommendationsPresented multiple diet educations to renal, diabetic and heart failure patientsPersonalized meal plans for numerous disease states during each rotationGained communications skills utilized across the interdisciplinary care team

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  Coram Specialty Infusion

  Mar 2010 - May 2011

  Nutrition Support Infusion Dietitian

  Apply knowledge of nutritional screening and assessment of TPN dependent patients including pediatric, adult and geriatric populations and their nutritional needs. Individualize & formulate TPN orders. Assist infusion team in monitoring patient status through lab trends, nutritional parameters and the evaluation of TPN orders. Determine whether patients meet Medicare guidelines for coverage of home TPN therapy.Provide diet planning/modification and nutrition education of oral diet to patients. Show less

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  Department of Veterans Affairs

  Feb 2011 - Jun 2013

  Clinical Dietitian

  •Utilizing the Nutrition Care Process, applied knowledge of nutritional assessment, intervention and monitoring of adult and geriatric populations with various disease states in multiple care settings to include inpatient, long term care, transitional rehab and hospice.•Provided diet planning/modification and nutrition education of oral diet to patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis. •Instructed outpatient Congestive Heart Failure Nutrition Class.•Served as Technical Expert in the absence of Chief of Nutrition and Food Services.•Assisted with menu analysis and nutrition policy updates.•Served as preceptor for Dietetic Interns.•Served as Chair on the Board for Nutrition Support Team Committee Show less

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  Fresenius Medical Care North America

  Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  Renal Dietitian

  •Provided home dialysis patients with ongoing nutrition assessment and outcome-oriented nutrition counseling necessary to assist patients in achieving and sustaining an effective nutritional status and achieving nutrition goals•Made necessary dose changes to bone mineral medications by utilizing algorithms in order to aid patients in achieving phosphorus and parathyroid hormone levels within goal ranges to promote optimal bone and cardiovascular health.

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  Ochsner Northshore Hospital

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2015

  Clinical Dietitian

  •Using the Nutrition Care Process, apply knowledge of nutritional assessment, intervention and monitoring of pediatric, adult and geriatric populations with various disease states in multiple care settings to include inpatient acute care and inpatient rehabilitation.•Provide diet planning/modification and nutrition education of oral diet to patients on an inpatient basis.

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  Slidell Memorial Hospital

  Sept 2015 - May 2016

  Chief Clinical Dietitian

  •Supervise clinical registered dietitians.•Write and manage TPN and enteral nutrition orders for inpatients.•Assist in the management of an Outpatient Nutrition program, schedule and provide outpatient counseling for diabetes and weight loss, contact insurance companies to verify coverage for medical nutrition therapy.

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  Cappa Health, Inc.

  Jan 2018 - now

  Registered Dietitian
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  Gemstone Bookkeeping LLC

  Jan 2019 - now

  Owner