Mr. F received scrambled eggs, hash browns, whole milk, and margarine for breakfast on his first day on a 2g Na diet. The RD was not sure why this was so but found the answer for Mr. F the same day. Did the RD handle this encounter appropriately? The
outcome was that the RD changed his diet to a low-cholesterol, low-saturated fat diet. Do you agree with this or should the RD have insisted upon following hospital policy? Explain your answer.
Right after heart surgery patients typically have very poor appetites. Heart surgery patients seem to have a problem with decreased taste acuity for several days post-op. The goal is to get them to eat to regain their strength as soon as possible; therefore, most anything is allowed the first couple of weeks past surgery in some hospitals. Once the patient is healed, diet instruction begins. The RD handled her encounter with Mr. F extremely well and I am in perfect agreement with her decision. However, it would have been more appropriate for Mr. F to have been informed of the type of meals he was going to receive and why prior to receiving the meals.
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