MyPlate & Nutrition
This nutrient is the body’s main source of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
This diet has no special restrictions on food texture or nutrient content.
What is a regular diet?
This measurement unit is commonly used to record fluid intake and output.
What are milliliters (mL)?
The position generally recommended for a patient who is safely eating or drinking by mouth.
What is High Fowler's position?
A patient repeatedly eats only 25% of meals. This is the appropriate next action.
What is documenting intake and reporting poor intake to the nurse?
These nutrients build and repair body tissues and support wound healing.
What are proteins?
This diet may limit sodium to help manage certain cardiac or renal conditions
What is a low-sodium diet?
A patient drinks 120 mL of water and 180 mL of juice. This is their total intake?
What is 300 mL?
This should be performed before assisting a patient with a meal.
What is hand hygiene?
A patient with painful dentures stops eating meat. This problem may increase their risk for this nutritional issue.
What is inadequate protein intake or malnutrition?
This MyPlate recommendation places two food groups across half the plate.
What are fruits and vegetables?
Foods on this texture-modified diet have a smooth, uniform consistency and require no chewing.
What is a puréed diet?
Dry mucous membranes, dark urine, and reduced urine output can be warning signs of this condition.
What is dehydration?
These warning signs during feeding require stopping oral intake and notifying the nurse.
What are coughing, choking, a wet or gurgly voice, or difficulty breathing?
A patient with an ordered thickened-liquid diet receives thin water. This is the safest immediate response.
What is withholding the incorrect drink and confirming the order with the nurse or dietary team?
This mineral is important for strong bones and teeth
What is calcium?
This type of diet is designed to help manage blood glucose through individualized carbohydrate planning.
What is a consistent-carbohydrate or diabetes meal plan?
A patient consumes 240 mL of juice, 120 mL of coffee, and 180 mL of soup. Calculate total fluid intake.
What is 540 mL, assuming the soup is counted as liquid intake?
This care before meals can promote appetite, and better eating.
What is oral care?
A patient with swallowing difficulty begins coughing and has a wet voice while eating. This is the first action.
What is stopping feeding immediately and following facility protocol while seeking nursing assistance?
This nutrient provides concentrated energy and helps the body absorb vitamins A, D, E, and K.
What is fat?
A patient with chronic kidney disease is prescribed a renal diet. The PCT notices the patient’s lunch tray contains a baked potato, banana, and orange juice. Which mineral may need to be restricted in this patient's diet, and why?
What is potassium? Patients with kidney disease may have difficulty removing excess potassium from their blood. High potassium levels (hyperkalemia) can cause dangerous heart rhythm abnormalities.
A patient has a prescribed 1,200 mL daily fluid restriction and has already consumed 950 mL. This amount remains.
What is 250 mL?
A patient with visual impairment may use this description method to locate food on a plate.
What is the clock-face method?
A patient with dysphagia is prescribed a puréed diet with thickened liquids. Their lunch tray arrives with regular water, crackers, and mashed potatoes. What two items are inappropriate for this patient, and what should the PCT do?
What are the regular water and crackers? The PCT should withhold the inappropriate items and notify the nurse so the meal can be corrected according to the patient's prescribed diet.