Food Rounds
Breakfast Rounds🍳
Here’s where you’ll find all the food patients I’ve rounded on for the breakfast unit. Some wake me up with tachycardia-level excitement, while others barely make it out of bed with bradycardia vibes.
Lunch Rounds🥗
Confession time: your girl is not big on breakfast, but lunch? That was always my jam! As a bedside nurse rolling in at 0700 (or stumbling out at 0700), “lunch foods” felt like real meals. Here you’ll find all my go-to gluten free/dairy free lunches that kept me alive through 12s.
Dinner Rounds 🍽️
Dinner really took the spotlight when I started my 9–5 NP job. It’s when I finally got to eat with my family at a reasonable human time. These food patients land here if they’re my go-to dinner staples (though some could easily sneak into lunch or ingredient rounds—don’t @ me).
Snacks Rounds 🍿
Self-explanatory: salty, crunchy, chewy, or straight-up addicting. This is where I be snackin’—NP style. Think quick bites that keep me charting, chasing kids, or grocery shopping on one cup of coffee.
Desserts Rounds 🍪
My absolute fave. I have a gigantic sweet tooth (my daughter once said, “Mommy, I have a sweet tooth, not a meat tooth”—she gets it honestly 🩷). Here you’ll find gluten free/dairy free desserts that make my heart race faster than my Fitbit during a code.
Ingredients Rounds🧄
Nothing fancy here—just the core ingredients I use to keep my household running. (Okay, okay, sometimes you’ll find a food patient mis-labeled here… charting errors happen, even in my kitchen. 🤷♀️)
Beverages Rounds 🥤
This is where you’ll find the liquid side of my food patients. Spoiler alert: a lot of caffeine lives here—because without it, this NP/mom would be ordering herself an IV for hydration. Since I can’t do milk and I’m not a huge soda fan, my Beverage Rounds are usually full of water, flavored waters, teas, juices, and the occasional fun pick-me-up. Basically, anything that fuels my day, keeps me from flatlining with fatigue, and tastes good enough to prescribe myself another round.
Grab Bag (Other)
Grab Bag Rounds
Exactly what it sounds like—miscellaneous foods that don’t fit anywhere else. Just like a med-surg unit, this category has a little bit of everything… and somehow it all works.