THE DIETARY DEPARTMENT
This department is responsible for planning meals for all residents.
The dietary department
What type of diet carefully controls calories and carbohydrates, including sugars?
diabetic diet
Before serving or helping residents with meals, nursing assistants must do this first.
Wash hands!
Are clothing protectors required?
No.
The abbreviation "RF" stands for this type of diet where intake must be measured and documented exactly.
fluid-restricted
______ _______ list the resident's name, special diets, allergies, and food likes and dislikes.
Diet cards
The abbreviations "Low Na" or "NAS" (No Added Salt) refer to this type of restricted diet.
Low-sodium
How should a resident be sitting during mealtime (at what angle)?
upright; 90 degrees
What should we NEVER call a clothing protector?
a bib (child word)
Some residents need high-potassium diets because they take medications for high blood pressure or heart failure.
What are those medications called?
diuretics
Whose responsibility is it to ensure the diet card matches this resident and the food before serving a meal?
nursing assistant
People with kidney disease may be placed on a low- _________ diet, also called a renal diet.
low-protien
During feeding, a nursing assistant should
a) stand over the resident
b) be at eye-level with the resident
c) kneel below the resident
b) be at eye-level with the resident
Why does the book say we should have cheerful, positive conversation with residents while they eat?
This can make the resident eat more.
Foods like ice cream, puddings, and gelatin count as this f________.
fluids
These two professionals work together to prescribe and plan special diets for residents.
physicians and dieticians
This type of diet eliminates foods that produce or increase acid in the stomach and is used for ulcers and conditions like IBS and ulcerative colitis.
bland diet
In general, a resident should remain upright after eating for at least how long?
30 minutes
Should residents be allowed to eat their food in any order? (yes/no)
yes
Nursing assistants should never change, or ________, a resident's diet.
modify
Whose job is it to prepare food in a manner that looks appealing while also being manageable for the resident?
The dietary department
K+ is the common abbreviation for this diet that includes foods like bananas, oranges, and potatoes with skins.
high-potassium diet
To test food temperature, nursing assistants _______ rather than touching the food.
hold their hand over the food
Why is it important to call foods, even pureed foods, by their proper names?
(For example, call pureed green beans "green beans," not "green stuff.")
So residents feel respected as adults.
Residents with high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, or kidney disease may need a ________ diet because excess sodium causes water retention.
low-sodium (NAS)