Nutrition
Individual Work
At the beginning of this unit we each got a packet of questions that we were to answer on two specific eating disorders. This was sort of the introduction to nutrition and the importance of having a healthy diet and activity levels. There was a PowerPoint with material we went over that was important to know and understand for upcoming assignments.
Patient Care Feeding Assignment
For this assignment we were given a patient with certain dietary needs and we were required to create a meal plan based off of these needs. Not only did we have to plan the meal though, we actually had to bring the food in. The day that we were told to bring the food in we went into the lab and got a partner. With this partner, we took turns being the caretaker and the patient. When we were the caretaker we were feeding the patient and taking progress notes on them and when we were the patient we were being fed. Ms. Lutu was grading us on the meal plan, whether it fully balanced or not, and our ability to feed the patient. It was very interesting to experience feeding someone and also being in the shoes of someone being fed. It broadened my skills on feeding and understanding of how it feels like to be a patient.
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