KATHLEEN SPRAGUE, RDN

Kathleen.sprague@uconn.edu 270 West Street Hebron, CT, 06248 860-904-3750

OBJECTIVES
To attain a job as a registered dietitian through multiple internship experiences, academic achievement and prior
employment.

EXPERIENCE
Supervised Practice Various Locations, CT, MA
Dietetics Student Intern September 2015 June 2017

Private Practice Dietetics Intern

Stacey Richmond, Kind Eating (Kingston, MA and West Barnstable, MA) Summer 2017
Observed and participated in over 40 client sessions, focusing on patients with disordered eating
Became familiar with billing and coding, planning, communication, social media/marketing, and more

Food Service Dietetics Intern

Coventry Public Schools, Coventry Spring 2017
St. Francis Hospital, Hartford Fall 2016
University of Connecticut, Storrs Spring 2016
Assisted in School Food Service budgeting, purchasing, production, staffing, and conflict management
Participated in hospital food service production, service, tray line, tray delivery, diet office, finances, customer
satisfaction, and quality improvement
Co-managed 10-15 other students in the planning, preparation and service of an Intergenerational Meal

Outpatient Dietetic Intern

Seabury Long-Term Care Facility, Spring 2017
AIDS CT, Hartford, Spring 2017
Assisted in completing the Nutrition Care Process for elderly individuals with conditions such as dementia,
Alzheimers Disease, diabetes, heart disease and more
Planned, prepared and presented a diabetes education course for long term care facility patients
Completed the Nutrition Care Process for low income patients with HIV/AIDs, which included providing
nutritional supplements to at-risk patients.
Organized and taught group nutrition education sessions weekly, relating to HIV/AIDS nutrition.

Research Dietetics Intern

University of Connecticut, Spring 2017
Assisted in preparation of materials, surveys/interviews, and taking anthropometric measures
Created data entry methods, collected data, and analyzed results.
Demonstrated understanding of results through a final presentation to research faculty members.
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Inpatient/Clinical Dietetics Intern

St. Francis Hospital, Hartford Spring2017 UConn Health, Farmington Fall 2016
Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester Spring 2016 Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs Spring 2016
Riverside Long-term Care Facility, East Hartford Fall 2015
Gained experience completing the Nutrition Care Process
Provided nutrition education to a variety of patients
Became proficient with multiple online and paper charting systems
Completed a Continuous Quality Improvement project related to nutrition supplement use at St. Francis Hospital

Community Dietetics Intern

Various locations, CT: Hartford, Manchester, Norwich, Bloomfield, New Britain, etc. Spring 2016, Fall 2016
Planned, created and executed community nutrition lessons and activities for diverse populations.
Experience includes Foodshare, WIC, preschools/elementary/middle schools, food pantries, etc.

UConn Health Storrs, CT paid

Community Nutrition Educator/ Student Supervisor May 2014 August 2016
Lead,instructed and coordinated 10-12 other student interns
Provided community nutrition to diverse SNAP eligible populations across CT through:
Husky Reads Taught simplified MyPlate preschool lessons with components of literacy, exercise and nutrition.
Husky Nutrition Taught MyPlate series nutrition lessons to adult community members administered at WIC
clinics, farmers markets, mobile markets, health clinics, etc.

EDUCATION
University of Connecticut
Graduation date: May 2017 Bachelors of Science, Coordinated Dietetics Program
Academic Achievements:
Cum Laude
Deans List: 8/10 semesters
New England Scholar: 2014, 2016

SKILLS
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote
CPR certified
Servsafe certified
Personal website/portfolio: http://katiesprague.weebly.com/
Instagram Blog: https://www.instagram.com/kath_eats_rd/