Join our RD Community Slack!
Overview
We use Slack to organize our vibrant community of dietitians willing to share best practices, tips and tricks on navigating the Nourish platform, and clinical expertise.
We are all responsible for making this a safe space. With that in mind, here’s a quick guide on how to take full advantage of the Nourish RD Slack Community.
Accessing Slack
Access the Nourish-RD-Community Slack here!
If you’re new to Slack, you can check out a step-by-step guide here. Clicking “Edit your profile” will allow you to:
Add your first and last name in Full name
Set your preferred Display name
Write your title in the What I do field formatted as “Role”
Upload a Profile photo
Type in your Name recording or Name pronunciation or Record an audio clip (optional)
Set your Time zone (optional)
Nourish Community Guidelines
Nourish’s community guidelines apply to all interactions in Nourish’s community, whether office hours, CRCs, or Slack.
Adhere to the Nourish Clinical Philosophy
Demonstrate professionalism
There is a diversity of opinion, experience, and expertise at Nourish. It is more than okay to disagree, but always be sure to communicate in a respectful way. Be kind and courteous to others and assume positive intent.
Practice rigorous, evidence-based care
Misinformation is rampant in the nutrition world. Dietitians are in a powerful position and have a responsibility to follow the research and help patients and each other separate fact from fiction. When sharing information with our community, be clear about the sources of the information you share. Examples:
Health Authority - The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends…
Research Study - The REDUCE-IT Trial [manuscript linked] published in 2018, evaluated the effects…
Anecdotal - It has been my experience that patients don’t like the fishy taste of that supplement and…
Maintain privacy and compliance
Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA — do not share PHI.
Please embrace these principles whenever you interact with anyone in the community:
Be respectful.
Be kind.
Be active.
Be curious.
Be open.
Be inclusive.
Slack interactions will be moderated based on Nourish’s Community Guidelines. Repeated violations may be grounds for removal from the Nourish platform.
Additional guidelines:
Slack IS NOT PHI friendly - when referencing a patient in Slack, use their Healthie ID.
You can customize your sidebar to ensure you are seeing what is most relevant to you!
Make sure to use threads when speaking in channels so that we can stay organized!
You can edit and delete your messages!
@here and @channel notify everyone on Slack, so please use sparingly.
Join Channels!
You’ll automatically be added to:
#general ➡️ For company-wide announcements and conversations.
#community-intros ➡️ Introduce yourself to the team! Please do so now!
#community-shoutouts ➡️ Give shoutouts to fellow teammates!
#community-watercooler ➡️ This channel is for any non-work banter and watercooler conversation.
#community-winning ➡️ Share your wins!
Other fun channels to join:
#community-(your state/region!) ➡️ Connect with other RDs that live near you!
#community-green-thumbs ➡️ Gardening
#community-kiddos ➡️ Sharing fun & funny pictures of kids in your life because they make us all smile
#community-meet-and-eat ➡️ A channel used to organize our Meet & Eat program!
#community-music ➡️ A place to share your favorite songs, or just what you’re listening to today!
#community-pets ➡️ Share pix of your furry friends!
#community-sports ➡️ Chat about the highs & lows of your favorite teams.
#community-recipe-meal-inspiration ➡️ Share recipes, meal ideas and inspiration for you and your clients. Blogs, tips, and tools.
Helpful channels:
#clinical-otherproviders ➡️ This channel is to recommend other providers that we can refer to / work with. Please include
#best-practice-charting ➡️ This channel is to recommend tips and tricks for charting at Nourish.
#best-practice-schedule-mgmt ➡️ This channel is to recommend tips and tricks for managing your Nourish schedule and calendar.
Clinically-focused Channels:
#clinical ➡️ This channel is for discussion (ideas, questions, etc.) regarding clinical work and seeing patients, including discussion from casework.
#clinical-renal ➡️ This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients with renal conditions.
#clinical-ckd-eskd ➡️ This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients with CKD/ESKD.
#clinical-sports-nutrition ➡️ This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients who are athletes or who are interested in sports nutrition.
#clinical-nutrigenetics ➡️ This channel is for anyone who would like resources and to learn more about the area of how nutrition effects genetic expression and how genetics may effect nutrition risk.
#clinical-heart-health ➡️This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients who want to improve their heart health.
#clinical-weight-gain ➡️This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients who want to gain weight.
#clinical-weight-loss ➡️This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients who want to lose weight.
#clinical-dm ➡️ This channel is for anyone working with (or interested in working with) patients with gestational, type 1 and 2 diabetes, as well as pre-dm/insulin resistance.
#clinical-ed ➡️ This channel is for anyone looking for help on ED cases, or just looking to learn more about seeing ED patients!
#clinical-gi ➡️ Resources, discussions, and meeting topics for all things GI.
#clinical-womens-health ➡️ This channel is focused on all things women’s health.
#clinical-intuitive-eating ➡️This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients who want to explore, or who would benefit from, intuitive eating.
#clinical-pediatrics ➡️ This channel is focused on all things peds. (In order to see pediatric patients with Nourish, you will need to complete a pediatric-specific training. If interested, please review our Opening Schedule to Pediatrics training!
#clinical-integrative-functional-nutrition ➡️ This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients who want to explore, or who would benefit from, integrative functional nutrition.
#clinical-neurodivergent-nutrition ➡️ This channel is for anyone working with (or interested working with) patients who want to explore, or who would benefit from, neurodivergent nutrition.
#clinical-patient-transfers ➡️ This channel is for coordinating patient transfers.
#clinical-other-providers ➡️ This channel is for sharing external care team providers.