Phelps Memorial Health Center celebrates Karen Bunnell, RD, LMNT, on National Registered Dietician Day. She is a key member of our health care team and has completed multiple layers of education and training established by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics. She educates patients on lifestyle changes, nutrition, exercise, carbohydrate counting, medications and much more.
Karen works with medical providers to help meet the nutritional needs of our inpatients. She also instructs outpatients on their special diets, including everything from diabetes, allergies, gluten free to even weight gain, just to name a few.
She is a co-leader of the Simple Solutions class, a pre-diabetes program at Phelps Memorial Health Center designed for pre-diabetics. In addition, Karen, teaches Cardiac Rehab participants about heart healthy eating. Along with patient education, she also has dietary in-service monthly for the dietary staff.
One thing Karen always stresses is how important it is to eat healthy at every age!
“Education is a powerful tool I can provide to my patients. It gives them an active role in their own health,” said Karen.
If you would like to schedule an appointment with Karen, contact your medical provider or contact: 308-995-3305.
