The nurse manager plans to improve the nutritional status of clients while receiving hospitalized care. What should each nurse be reminded to do when caring for assigned clients?
a. Offer nutritional supplements when requested
b. Provide all clients with a regular diet unless changed by the healthcare provider
c. Instruct dietary staff just to leave food trays in the vestibule for clients who need help with feeding
d. Carefully evaluate the diet order for each client based on individual needs and discuss the cause of inadequate or over adequate intake with the client, caregiver, healthcare provider and nutritionist
d. Carefully evaluate the diet order for each client based on individual needs and discuss the cause of inadequate or over adequate intake with the client, caregiver, healthcare
Careful evaluation of diets is important to assure clients receive food that they will eat. Nutritional supplements should only be provided when there is a medical order for them, since many clients have special nutritional needs. Dietary staff should not be instructed to leave food trays outside the room because this habit often results in delays. Specific diets are ordered by the medical provider based on the metabolic and physical needs of the client.
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