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Hemodialystic Teaching Plan

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It is evident that this patient has a medical history of hypertension, diabetes, and renal failure. Therefore, I would teach the importance of eating a diet that controls all three disorders. I would start by finding out if the patient is on dialysis. If the patient has not begun hemodialysis, I would educate the patient on reducing excessive protein intake. I would recommend that he eats 0.8-1 gram protein per kilogram of body weight. This is due to the patient having diabetes. If the patient is taking hemodialysis, I would suggest increasing his protein intake. This is due to the loss of 1-2 grams of amino acids per hour of dialysis. Therefore, I would suggest eating eggs, poultry, fish and seafood. His kilocalories should be increased 30-35 kcal/kg a day. I would teach the patient that sodium intake must be restricted. Sodium produces hypertension and fluid retention. I would educate the patient’s risk for edema due to the intake of sodium and CKD. This patient will then be taught to limit potassium, phosphorous and other electrolytes. This is due to the kidney’s inability to excrete. The patient will learn to eat 800-1000 mg of phosphorus intake. Foods such as orange juice, bananas, prune juice, salt, pecans, and peanuts should be avoided. I would suggest to the patient to avoid eating foods made others who do not know his condition. The reason is because the patient ended up in the hospital the day after eating from a picnic the day before. Eating other traditional southern dishes may have contained several ingredients that the patient …show more content…

For lunch I ate a MacDonald’s big mac (79mg) with ice tea (85 mg). For dinner, I ate steak (195mg), mash potato, and corn. Altogether, I ate a total of 750 mg of cholesterol. Therefore, I am eating foods that contain a significant amount of cholesterol. I can eat foods such as oatmeal, fish, carrots, and drink green tea to lower cholesterol food

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