A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish patient. What is the most appropriate dietary requirement for the nurse to implement?
a. Mixing of milk and meat at a meal
b. Use of separate cooking utensils for meat and milk products
c. Use of one set of cooking utensils for meat and milk products
d. Consumption of food not slaughtered in accordance with Jewish law
ANS: B
For observant Jews, Kosher dietary laws include the following: no mixing of milk and meat at a meal; no consumption of food or any derivative thereof from animals not slaughtered in accordance with Jewish law; use of separate cooking utensils for meat and milk products; if a patient requires milk and meat products for a meal, the dairy foods should be served first, followed later by the meat.
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