Regarding why not vegetable juices: Generally, for short hospital stays, your body has enough stored up that the benefits of giving vegetable juice for very short periods of time aren't that high. There are always exceptions, i.e if your patient has severe malnutrition, and in that case you're going to have to think carefully about nutrition. Unfortunately I can't comment on your second question.
Please explain a free fluid diet to me. Our Pts on free fluids just have tea, coffee, broth, cordial, fizzy drinks, jelly, custard and the like. Is there a reason we aren't giving vegetable juices instead? Seems to me there is a lack of nutrients in what is allowed on free fluids. Also should electrolyte drinks be off limits to a Pt with SABO?
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it's 2020 and my nursing program is using this video as a reference, thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. I have a job interview today for a dietary aid position and this helped
Regarding why not vegetable juices: Generally, for short hospital stays, your body has enough stored up that the benefits of giving vegetable juice for very short periods of time aren't that high. There are always exceptions, i.e if your patient has severe malnutrition, and in that case you're going to have to think carefully about nutrition.
Unfortunately I can't comment on your second question.
Hi,
Could you clarify what you mean by a free fluid diet, do you mean full liquid or clear liquid instead? And I'm not sure what you mean by SABO.
love the explanations ! super helpful !
Please explain a free fluid diet to me. Our Pts on free fluids just have tea, coffee, broth, cordial, fizzy drinks, jelly, custard and the like. Is there a reason we aren't giving vegetable juices instead? Seems to me there is a lack of nutrients in what is allowed on free fluids. Also should electrolyte drinks be off limits to a Pt with SABO?