Laboratory Activity #5 Soft and Mechanical Diet

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Exercise No.

Standard Hospital Diets

Names: Mel Evan C. Caniedo Date Due:10/28/20                                   

Bern Michelle B. Nerquit Date Submitted: 10/27/20

Year and Section: BSNE-2      Score:                    

Professor’s Signature:                   

Certain diseases require modifications of the nutritional components of a regular diet. Each
diet has a purpose and a rationale. Modifications may be done qualitatively, such as in terms
of consistency, texture, or nutrients, or quantitatively, such as in the size and the number of
feedings, or control of specific nutrients. 

 I.            Objectives

Whatever modification is done to a patient’s diet, acceptance of food is largely


influenced by the nursing personnel. It is important for patients to be educated on the
diet given to them.

             At the end of the 3-hour laboratory session, you should be able to:

1.       Differentiate the kinds of standard hospital diets; and

2.       Plan and prepare different sets of standard hospital diets.

II.            Procedures

A.      Groups 1 and 2. Soft Diet

1.       Plan a normal diet for lunch and modify this to a soft diet and mechanical
soft diet. 

Table 5-1. Soft Diet Modification

Sample Menu for Modification


Lunch

Normal Diet Soft Diet Mechanical Soft Diet

Soup:  N/A N/A 

Meat: Pork  Chicken wings  Chicken Breast


Rice: Steamed Porridge   Porridge 

Vegetables: Spring Onions, Garlic, Onion, and Garlic, Onion, Ginger and
Ginger Carrots

Fruit or Dessert: N/A N/A 

2.   During tray presentation, discuss the characteristics of a soft diet.

Table 5-2. Characteristics of Soft Diet and Mechanical Soft Diet

Diet Indications Characteristics Food Selections

 Transition  Soft in  Fruit or Juice


Soft Diet from liquid consistency and Cereal or soft bread
diet to texture  Egg dish Coffee or
regular diet   Moist  tea Cream and
  For ease of  Soft enough to Sugar
chewing, be easily cut up  Soup Meat dish
swallowing with the side of Well-cooked
and digestion the fork  vegetables Soft-
 Patients  Can be chewed cooked rice or soft
recovering but not bread Canned fruit
from trauma necessarily or juice Custard or
or debilitating bitten  gelatin
disease   Pasta or porridge
Fruit juice
 Sandwich and fruit
shake  

 Broken Jaw  A mechanical  Milk, buttermilk,


Mechanical  Dental soft diet does not eggnog, yogurt
Soft Diet Caries restrict fat, fiber, (plain and with fruit),
 Dry mouth, spices, or milkshakes,
Ulceration of seasonings.
evaporated and
mouth    All foods are
 Elderly allowed that can condensed milk, and
debilitated be made easier to malts
patients  chew and swallow  Ice cream and
 Oral surgery by using frozen yogurt
 Plastic machines.   Any well-cooked,
surgery  Foods may be diced vegetables,
 Radiation blended, pureed, such as carrots,
therapy of head ground, or finely peas, green beans,
and neck chopped. beets, butternut or
 dysphagia
acorn squash, and
swallowing
problem
wax beans
moistened with a
sauce or oil.
 Soft chicken 
 Broth 
 Water, coffee, tea,
carbonated drinks,
hot cocoa, fruit
punch, and coconut
water

Peer Evaluation of Group: Caniedo and Nerquit (me) group

5-Very Satisfactory      4-Satisfactory           3-Good                 2-Fair                1-


Poor

Group Participation in Participation in Participation in Overall


Members Diet Meal Planning and Group Discussion Score
Computation Tray Preparation of Disease
Conditions

Bern
Michelle
Nerquit 

Mel Evan 5 5 5 15
Caniedo

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