Joy Wang

I spent four weeks at Kaiser Permanente Fremont for my hospital food service rotation with the nutrition services manager RD. During my rotation I:

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• Conducted rounds to assess patient satisfaction with meals

• Created new procedure for Comfort Carts - carts that are brought to families of dying patients

• • created a process chart and fax form to instruct staff how to request a comfort cart ​

  • detailed instructions for Nutritional Services department on how to assemble comfort cart

  • sourced US Foods catalog for food items and equipment, and analyzed cost breakdown of each

• Sourced plant-based diet recipes to submit to NCAL Patient Meal Enhancement Task Force

• Participated in six interviews with applicant with open positions

• Led an in-service about top allergens for food service staff and provided a handout

• Conducted cafeteria quality audit and inspection

• Revised Greater Southern Alameda Area enteral nutrition and supplement formulary sheet 

• Participated in team meetings that included representatives from patient care and/or other support service departments

• Attended the Northern California Patient Meal Enhancement Task Force which discussed patient menu improvements that would adhere to Kaiser's "Healthy Picks" plant-based menu initiative