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Concept: Nutrition MY DIET IS SPECIAL Associated Concepts Nutrition, Digestion Health, Wellness and Illness. The purpose of this activity is to review therapeutic diet options Related Concept Learning Outcomes 1. Identify common therapeutic diets to meet nutritional needs of a patient. 2 Identify a plan to meet the nutritional needs for the individual Instructions: Review a variety of potential special diets by completing the following grids: Match the following special darts to their therapeutic purpose and example food choices Description Example 1. Maintains acceptable serum glucose levels Restricted cal food and fluid Clear broth apple juice Avoid highlycemic foods such as pasta bread Mashed potatoes, pound Cler படிய Full liquid Pureed £ N Rerular h Antigen avoidance Clone Add protein powders to soups Salt free seasoning, fresh fruits and vegetables Any food, encourage foods to facilitate healing Yogurt, pudding Remove water putcher, perform cal care Foods free of gluten lactose, peanuts or other trigges foods Limit meats and dairy products Limut lean meat, eges fried foods, mayonnaise Raw vegetables, whole grain bread Avoid nuts and seeds, high fiber foods Skim milk, baked foods Smoothie, food processed Needed for cheats with high metabolism Deeds such as wounds, mana Lowes cholesterol or triglycerides Foods processed in a blende but can be scooped and mounded a plate Any food as tolerated by chest Foods that avoid allergies or intolerance 8. Prescribed for clients with fluid retto 9. Provides for bydration and simple carbohydrates 10. Redan sumber of calories, such as 1,800 calories 11. Increases indigestible waste through large intestines 12. Chopped, shredded, easily chewed and digested foods 13. Liguids you can't see through Opaque fluids, foods that we loud at room temperature 14. Foods have reduced fiber and cellulose to decrease Gl mucosal imitation 15. Used to limit need to metabolise protein restricted 1) Diabetes Association 1 Hish calon high protein m Huh ber Low fat o restricted restricted

Answer 1

1. Therapeutic diets are the modifications made in the normal diet to improve sceific health conditions. Common therapeutic diets are :-

- clear liquid diet

- sodium restricted diet

- renal diet

- diabetic diet

- high protein diet

- high fiber diet

- full liquid diet

2. Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements

Nursing Interventions and rationale

1. Explain to the patient and significant others the importance of maintaining proper nutrition. It will give a better understanding on the need of meeting the daily nutritional requirements of the body.

2. Get the body weight using the standard weighing scale. To get the actual weight and to determine if the patient’s weight meets the normal body mass index.

4. Maintain proper positioning. It will prevent or lower risk of having aspiration when eating

5. Maintain good oral hygien. It enhances good appetite and better taste of the food

6. Encourage patient to have small, frequent feedings · It will enhance the appetite and will have better digestion of food intake

7. Discourage patient in drinking caffeinated or carbonated beverages. It will let the patient decrease his/her hunger.

8. Encourage patient to have continuous exercise. It will improve metabolism

9. Adapt modification to their current practices. Accepting the patient’s or family’s preferences shows respect for their culture.

3. Match the following :-

NPO - restricted oral food and fluid intake .

​​​​Clear fluid - liquids you can't see through ,opaque fluids ,foods that are liquid at room temperature

Example - clear broth , apple juice

Full fluid - provided for hydration and simple carbohydrates

Example - yoghurt, pudding

Soft diet - chopped , shredded , easily chewed and digested foods

Example - mashed potatoes , ground meat