Rotations are surprisingly short.

The rotations in your internship will likely be much shorter than you expect. Tomorrow is the last day of my current rotation, and I'm surprisingly sad that it's ending. It was a rotation that I wasn't initially completely happy with, but now that I've built relationships with the people I've been working with and the members of the community, I'm sad to go. The people you work with can make all the difference in the world, and when you abruptly reach the end of a rotation, it can be sad.

Management is part of dietetics

Dietetics requires you to know more than just nutrition. Foodservice management is a big component; you need to understand how to run a kitchen, and how to keep both the food and your employees safe. Management flows over into community as well; business plans and program development require management skills as well. And in medical nutrition therapy, if your goal is job advancement, management will likely become one of your duties as well.

Clients may truly appreciate things that you take for granted

As people in the field of dietetics, we have a tremendous amount of knowledge about food and nutrition, and often take all of that knowledge for granted. Something you may take for granted, such as being able to easily scan a nutrition facts label and immediately find the information you were looking for might be a huge accomplishment to learn for a client. I was very surprised to be thanked profusely today for a simple recipe, and for a handout on how to estimate portion sizes using common household objects. These are things I did not consider remarkable, and that are basic knowledge for me, but to the person who I gave this information it was tremendously helpful. Don't underestimate just how valuable even your basic knowledge is.