Therapeutic Diets
This diet consists of liquids you can see through, such as apple juice, fat-free broth, and plain gelatin.
What is a Clear Liquid Diet?
This water-soluble vitamin is famous for boosting the immune system and helping with wound healing.
What is Vitamin C?
This mineral is the primary component of hemoglobin; a deficiency causes fatigue and pallor.
What is Iron?
A deficiency in Vitamin C leads to this condition, marked by bleeding gums and loose teeth.
What is Scurvy?
A client on a Full Liquid diet can have this frozen dairy treat, but a Clear Liquid client cannot.
What is Ice Cream (or Milk)?
This diet is prescribed for clients with hypertension or heart failure to reduce fluid retention.
What is a Low-Sodium diet?
This "sunshine vitamin" is necessary for the body to absorb calcium.
What is Vitamin D?
This mineral is needed for strong bones and teeth, and it's also vital for heart muscle contraction.
What is Calcium?
Night blindness is a classic early sign of a deficiency in this vitamin.
What is Vitamin A?
On a Mechanical Soft diet, the nurse should avoid serving this type of food that requires tough chewing.
What is Steak (or tough meats/raw veggies)?
A client with chronic kidney disease (CKD) must limit these two minerals, often found in bananas and dairy.
What are Potassium and Phosphorus?
This vitamin is essential for pregnant women to prevent neural tube defects like Spina Bifida.
What is Folate (Folic Acid/B9)?
To increase the absorption of Iron, the PN should encourage the client to consume it with this vitamin.
What is Vitamin C?
A client with a Vitamin D deficiency may develop this condition, characterized by soft, bowed bones.
What is Rickets (or Osteomalacia)?
A client on a Vegan diet must find plant-based sources for this specific vitamin usually found in meat.
What is Vitamin B12?
This diet is used for clients with diverticulitis or inflammatory bowel disease flares to "rest" the gut.
What is a Low-Residue (or Low-Fiber) diet?
These four vitamins are classified as "fat-soluble."
What are Vitamins A, D, E, and K?
An excess of this mineral (Hyperkalemia) can lead to life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias.
What is Potassium?
Alcoholics are at high risk for Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome due to a deficiency in this B-vitamin.
What is B1 (Thiamine)?
A client taking the blood thinner Warfarin (Coumadin) should maintain a consistent intake of this food group.
What are Green Leafy Vegetables?
This diet is high in calories and protein, often used for clients with severe burns or Stage 4 pressure injuries.
What is a High-Metabolic diet?
This vitamin is necessary for nerve function and requires "intrinsic factor" in the stomach to be absorbed.
What is Vitamin B12?
This mineral is often lost when a client is taking a "loop diuretic" like Furosemide.
What is Potassium?
A smooth, beefy red tongue (glossitis) is a common sign of a deficiency in this vitamin.
What is Vitamin B12?
This "nectar-like" or "honey-like" modification is added to liquids for clients with what condition?
What is Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)?