CHAPTER 07 | Obtain Routine Nutrition Screening Data
is the equivalent of 240 milliliters (mL). Some facilities will use cubic centimeters (cc) instead of mL. They are the same as far as the amount.
1 cup fluid = 8 ounces of fluid = 240 mL = 240 cc
The facility’s diet manual should have information about the amounts of fluid in various food items. This information is helpful to pass to the nursing staff so they can refer to it when tracking a client’s fluid intake.
Example: A client is on a restricted diet of 1200 mL of fluids per day. They are allowed 800 mL/day from meals and snacks. How many cups/day are they allowed from meals and snacks?
Fluid Intake = 800 mL ÷ 240 mL per cup = 3.3 cups per day from meals and snacks
The remaining 400 mL are used by nursing staff to provide medications.
The RDN or NDTR will be responsible for interpreting the fluid restriction for the nutrition department. They will determine how much the nursing staff is allowed to give the client on the floor and how much the nutrition department is allowed to give at each mealtime. For example, an 1800 cc fluid restriction ordered by the physician or other party allowed to write orders, then interpreted by the RDN or NDTR looks like this:
1800 cc FR -> 240 cc at breakfast, 360 cc at lunch, 360 cc at dinner; 840 cc from nursing in 24 hours.
Note: interventions for fluid restrictions are always part of a client’s care plan. Care plans will be discussed in depth in Chapter 11.
Drug-Nutrient Interactions
The MNA will not require information on medications; however, knowing where to find this information and understanding the basics of interpreting them is good information to have available during conversations with IDT members during care conferences.
The RDN or NDTR and the CDM, CFPP needs to devote attention to the topic of drug-nutrient interactions. Food-drug interactions
Putting it
into Practice Refer to the Supplemental Materials for answer.
5. Why would knowing what medications someone is taking be relevant to screening for nutritional risk?
The diet manual’s fluid info helps nursing track client intake and manage fluid restrictions effectively.
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