Nutritional deficits and nutritional counseling
For patients with nutritional deficits and nutritional counseling done by a registered dietician helps the patient understand which foods are safe and nutrient-dense in order to gain the most nutritional values. The overall well-being of the patient depreciates once the loss of bulk begins. Dietary counseling benefits the total well-being of the patient as it is their fuel to enable the other therapies to be successful. Speech therapy can be ordered to work with dietary to provide swallowing tests and instructions as to what alternative nutrition intake methods are available and most suitable for the patient. How have you incorporated other therapies into your educational practices?
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