The Program

Why our Dietetic Internship Program?

VERSATILITY:  Our program offers three excellent supervised practice options to meet your educational goals to become credentialed as an Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) .

QUALITY:  Our program has high-quality, dedicated preceptors to assure your progress and success in your supervised practice.  We have excellent program outcome results in both the passage of the CDR exam and job placement.

DEDICATION:  Our program is dedicated to maintaining close communication with all interns to align training rotations with individual interests/career goals.

Three excellent options | Your unlimited potential

Our Dietetic Internship Program (DIP) provides three excellent options to meet the eligibility requirements of a master’s degree and supervised practice to sit for the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credentialing examination, become credentialed as an RDN and enter the diverse field of dietetics.

Apply to the Master Program

Options 1: Need your master's and internship? Earn both with us in one program!

  • 24 online asynchronous didactic credits
  • 1,000 hours (25 weeks) on-site supervised practice experience
M.S. Dietetic Specialization Details

Option 2: Already have your master's? Complete your internship with us!

  • 1,000 hours (25 weeks) of on-site supervised practice experience
Freestanding - Graduate Prepared Details

Option 3: Earning your master's? Complete your internship with us!

  • 1000 hours (25 weeks) of on-site supervised practice experience
  • While you're still in school
Freestanding - Student Identified Details

About our program

Nutrition student with faculty member

The University of Nevada, Reno DIP is a supervised practice program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND), the accrediting agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

ACEND
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
800-877-1600, ext. 5400
www.EatRightPro.org/ASCEND

The program is administratively housed at the University within the Department of Nutrition in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources.

Dietetic Internship Program Administrators

CABNR WEB: Dietetics Internship Advisors
Karon Felten
Karon Felten
Instructor/Lecturer, Director of Dietetics Internship Program
775-784-6446
karonf@unr.edu
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CABNR WEB: Dietetics Internship Advisors
Arezou Saeedi
Arezou Saeedi
Assistant Director of Dietetic Internship Program
775-784-6433
saeedia1@unr.edu
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Our graduates

We train highly competent dietetic intern graduates, and program outcomes data are available on request.

Samantha Reineck in black scrubs in front of Valley Medical Center's emergency sign that directs patients to the chest pain and stroke center, admitting, outpatient or patient entrance.

"I never imagined that I would complete my internship in Las Vegas," Samantha Reineck said. "But it has truly made a positive impact on my life. The thing that I have enjoyed most is being able to apply all the knowledge that I have learned in a real-world setting, helping others along the way."

Read more about Samantha's experience

“I got a good variety of experiences, and it was great that the program was accelerated, and I was still able to intern full time," Emily Spellman said. "We had weekly meetings, and Karon was always checking in to make sure we were doing OK, so I felt really supported by the entire program.”

Stone Jamison in black scrubs standing in front of University Medical Center's ambulance entrance.

"Completing my internship at the only level-1 trauma hospital in Nevada exposed me to people far beyond the Las Vegas area," Stone Jamison said.

"Many patients were from rural communities who do not have access to primary care. This presented me with the opportunity to provide information about how accessible dietary changes can increase their quality of life and health."

Read more about Stone's experience

Program details

Our DIP has a clinical focus. It provides 1,000 hours (25 weeks) of supervised practice experience in each of its full-time (40 hours per week) rotations, fulfilling the ACEND 2022 Core Competencies for the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential.

Distribution of the 1000 hours of planned experiences
Rotation area Hours
Clinical 560
Food service/management 240
Community 160
Alternative practice experiences
Orientation 24
Weekly Zoom meetings 16

Individual internship training schedules are developed by the Program Director and supervised training site preceptors.

Program rotation sites

Interns are assigned to their rotation site by the Program Director after the match is complete.

Reno clinical and food service management sites

Las Vegas food service management sites

Community sites

Specialty clinical and community sites