Back to the grind! First day of my fall internship... not in the hospital yet, but I will be Monday! All in all it was a very exciting day; I was kind of reluctant at first when I heard that we would be taking a tour of Rumpke dump. However, the tour was very interesting, and I never realized how much planning and engineering goes into the process of disposing of my garbage I throw out everyday. For example, a story out tour guide explained to us is that when the police came to Rumpke this past February to search for evidence in a murder case, the people at Rumpke were able to locate an exact 1 acre area where the trash was dumped on that particular day out of the hundreds of thousands of acres of garbage.
Another interesting sight that we saw on the tour was an area of Rumpke that actually takes the toxic gases that are given off, naturally, by garbage and breaks down the gases to methane which is then transferred directly into Duke Energy's gas lines to fuel close to 3,000 homes and business from trash.
Rumpke's area which they are currently dumping in is estimated to only last 13 more years; they are trying to expand their area, but I realized today how important it was the respect the three R's. This is the point where I made the connection of Rumpke's process and waste disposal in with a dietitian's job; it is important to bring to the attention of the hospital or facility we are working at to be more mindful of their waste disposal and consolidating the garbage to help the environment.
On another note, we also reviewed tube feeding formulas and calculations (YAY!). While it is not the most thrilling part, it was good to have a review before being thrown into the hospital setting. Tomorrow we will be counseling each other in order to gain practice on how to communicate with patients with different conditions/concerns.
I am glad to be back in the groove of work finally; I was getting a bit bored!
(Pretty picture of lake area at Rumpke)Salvete
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