Across the Lifespan
Altered Nutrition
Modified Diets
Specialty Diets
Miscellaneous
100

Tube placed in patient's nose to stomach

What is a nasogastric (NG) tube?

100

Pain, difficulty chewing, dysphagia, depression

What are factors that can lead to malnutrition (decreased food intake)?

100

A person with this disease would be on a gluten free diet

What is celiac diease?

100

This diet is limited to broths, water, teas, coffee or other carbonated beverages and clear juices; provides fluids and carbohydrates only; short-term use only.

What is a clear liquid diet?

100

Carbohydrates, fats, and protein

What are energy sources for the body?

200

Correct position for a patient with a feeding tube

What is head elevated 30-45 degrees?

200

Type of diet for someone who is edentulous (has no teeth)?

What is a mechanical soft diet?

200

Requires increased intake of protein, iron, folic acid, calcium, and iodine

What is pregnancy?

200

Total daily carbohydrate content is the same and emphasizes high-fiber sources

What is a consistent carbohydrate diet?

200

More vital to life than food

What is water?

300

Type of enteral feeding used with a jejunostomy tube

What is continuous?

300

When the Body Mass Index (BMI) is greater than 30

What is the definition of obesity?

300

This type of diet may need supplementation of vitamin B12 and iron

What is a vegan diet?

300

Protein and sodium are restricted; potassium and fluids are often restricted

What is a renal diet?

300

Replaced the Food Pyramid

What is the MyPlate Food Guide?

400

This is done before administering an intermittent enteral feeding

What is aspirate to check for residual?

400

When the BMI is less than 18.5

What is underweight?

400

The appropriate diet for a person with GERD

What is a bland diet?

400

This patient may require modified consistency liquids: thin, nectar-thick, honey-thick, or pudding-thick

What a patient with dysphagia?

400

Alcohol abuse decreases these nutrients

What are B vitamins?

500

Tube placed in stomach through abdominal wall

What is a gastrostomy (PEG) tube?

500

Alternate liquids and solids, check oral cavity for retained food

What are considerations for feeding a patient with dysphagia?

500

This is the progression of diet for a hospitalized patient who has been NPO

What is clear liquid, full liquid, soft, regular?

500

Type of diet used before surgery, before certain diagnostic tests, and if patient is comatose

What is nothing by mouth (NPO)?

500

These are the methods for determining nasogastric tube placement prior to administrating a medication or tube feeding

What is radiography, aspiration of gastric fluids, and pH test?