US Navy RDs Fleet Support

Easily translatable to the warfighter.

Something to share with your weight loss patients.

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Some of the lessons learned. 1. Ensure the latest 21 day menu and recipes are downloaded before leaving port and loosing internet.
2. Ensure your AHLTA access has been established.
3. Have a backup plan for getting patient charting in the system, print out and upload in HAIMES is an option.
4. Have private location for seeing patients. This was not possible on the DDG; 1 IDC and 1 office.
5. Rotate times for classes and appointments while underway. Circadian rhythm ships, the same people are on watch each day so they miss out.
6. If you go underway- take a sleeping bag as it was 55 or lower in sleeping quarters.

Some of the pictures from underway with the John Finn.

All I would like to keep this a closed group so we can use it to share experiences, make lists of items you will need on a DDG, or other ships if going underway and post our photos, ask questions to the group. I have tried to add everyone that I know has a FB page and is a USN RD. We are doing lost of good things and need a place to access them at a moments notice. I know some of us don't always have access to our work e-mails and hope this mitigates that issue. Thank you for all you are doing for the fleet and our spicality.