Chapter 32 Diet Therapy And Special Diets

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Nutrition

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A vital component of therapy for many disorders.

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Special diet

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Needed for some disorders either during acute illness or throughout life.

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ill clients

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May need help fulfilling their nutritional requirements.

Mealtime is an excellent time to introduce or reinforce diet teaching.

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ID

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Make sure the clients name band matches the name on the food tray before serving.

Every patient has different types of diets

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While Serving food

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Food should be presented in attractive and appetizing a manner as possible. Best time to answer clients question about meal.

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Snacks between meal

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Are important also before bedtime, for clients with hight nutritional needs, or poor appetite.

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Intake or refusal

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Always document nourishment intake or refusal of meals.

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Forced fluids, encourage fluids

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We must encourage client with as much fluids as possible. Easier when fluids are colder, varied, and given in small amounts.

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Polydipsia

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Drinking excessive amount of water

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Restricting fluids

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Sometimes physician order fluid restrictions.

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I&O

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Usually people on fluid restrictions, or encouraged fluid are monitored on I&O

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Visually impaired

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Always ask what help is needed, they can learn to eat independently. Help by describing food on a clock, and alert them of hot food.

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Dysphagia

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Swallowing disorder.

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Speech therapist

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Consulted to determine the appropriate diet consistency for people with trouble swallowing.

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Problem chewing

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Sometime due to poor dental health, missing teeth, or poorly fitting dentures..

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House diet

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A normal diet in acute or extended care facilities.

Most frequent diet ordered.

Aka general, regular, or full diet

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Select diet

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Client is allowed to order next day meal within their diet limits.

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Modified diet

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Important for therapy on many disease. Physician and dietitian considered the disease process and clients general disease.

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Therapeutic diet

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Prescribed as part of treatment of more than one disease or condition

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Diabetes

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Regulate the amount of certain nutrients in disorder of metabolism

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Under/overweight

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Increase/decrease body weight by calories and fat intake

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Cardiac condition

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Reduce/prevent edema by controlling sodium levels.

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Diverticulitis

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Adding digestión by avoiding food that irritate GI tract or interfere with stomach action.

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Nephritis

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Helping an overburden organ regain normal function

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Phenylketonuria

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Eliminating a food that the body is unable to tolerate.

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Colitis

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Slowing overactive intestinal motility

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Liquid diet

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Consist of entirely liquids at room temp.

Clear- inadequate in calories, protien, nutrientes. Don't use for more than 3 days.

Full- used for long time, nutritional supplement.

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Edentulous

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Without teeth.

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Low fiber diet

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Composed of food that body can absorb completely, so little is left for feces.

Inadequate in iron, calcium, vitamins.

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Bland diet

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For people with ulcers, esophagitis, gastreosophageal reflux disease.

Goal of diet, is to limit food that stimulate the production of gastric acid.

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Diabetic diet

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Maintain blood sugar, and fat levels as near to normal as possible

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Lactose restricted diet

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Lactose is needed to digest sugar.

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Fat controlled diet

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For people with hyperlipidemia. Clients have high cholesterol, and high triglyceride.

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Hyperlipidemia

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Elevated blood lipids or fat

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High fat diet

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For children with seizure disorder. This ketogenic diet is 80-90% fat

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Protein restricted diet

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To treat kidney and liver disorders. Amount of protein is based on clients wieght, or by amount daily.

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Calcium/phosphorus modified diet

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High calcium intake is indicated for prevention & treatment of osteoporosis.

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Anorexia

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Los of apetite or refusal to eat

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Total parental nutrition

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Formulated to calculate solution needed to complete specific needs of client

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Peripheral parental nutrition

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Lesser concentration of same ingredients found in central vein TPN

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NPO

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Never more than 3 days..