Clinical Nutrition Immersion Program

Turn your degree into clinical confidence

BioLounge offers immersive, supervised clinical training designed for master's level nutritionists to pursue their Certified Nutrition Specialist board certification. You'll get hands-on experience, supervision hours, and clinical tools you need to become a confident, practice-ready nutrition professional.

Lead supervisor and clinic co-owner, Megan Barnett, MS, CNS

Our programs are specifically designed to:

Bridge the gap between academic learning and real patient care
Guide you through clinical reasoning, lab interpretation and treatment planning
Provide supervision hours and case exposure, necessary for CNS certification
Help you feel ready, not just credentialed

Earn up to 1,000 CNS hours

You must have a master's degree in nutrition or be in the final year of your master's degree program to join.

Observational hours

Earn up to 250 observational hours with a combination of our 12-week Clinical Intensive program aimed at bridging the gap between your education and clinical practice. This is a step-by-step program with weekly modules aimed at teaching clinical skills such as completing an initial consultation and lab review, appropriate charting methods, choosing labs and testing, creating a plan and building a nutrition and supplement plan, and how to build your practice. In addition, candidates have the opportunity to review active cases and do research for supervisor's patients. Learn more about our Clinical Intensive program.

Direct hours 

Earn up to 750 direct hours by attending weekly, virtual grand rounds, meeting one-on-one with your supervisors twice per month, and working directly with your clients. Candidates may apply to work directly with their supervisor's clients for direct hours after the completion of all observational hours, the Clinical Intensive Program and a minimum of 3 months of direct supervision for an opportunity to earn direct hours. Learn more about earning direct hours.

Price

$375/month
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Meet your supervisors

Patrick Jones - Course author

Megan Barnett, MS, CNS

Megan Barnett is a board‑certified Clinical Nutrition Specialist and functional medicine leader based in Portland, Oregon. As co-owner and lead clinical nutritionist at BioLounge, she empowers patients—both in‑clinic and virtually—to uncover the root causes of chronic symptoms and design personalized, science‑based nutrition and lifestyle protocols to restore long‑term health. 

In addition to her work as a clinician and supervisor, Megan serves on the board of the Certified Nutrition Specialists, serves as co-founded and Chief of Product Development at Florasophy and co‑hosts The Whole Health Podcast. Megan holds a BS in dietetics from Kansas State University and a MS in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine from University of Western States.

Patrick Jones - Course author

Vanessa Lara, Ph.D., CNS, LDN/LN

Dr. Vanessa Lara is a passionate functional medicine nutritionist dedicated to helping individuals achieve optimal health though personalized integrative care. Dr. Lara holds a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from the University of Miami, where she completed her research on the effects of food quality vs. food quantity on cardiometabolic markers and microbiota of overweight individuals. In addition, she is a board-certified as a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist.

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