N580 Exam 1 2025/2026 Exam Questions
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Diet Rx (Diet Order) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Designates the amount, type, texture, and
frequency of feeding. This is in accordance of micro- and macro nutrient amounts
that are appropriate for the patient.
SLP - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔speech language pathologist
OT - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occupational therapist
PO - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Per Os (by mouth)
NPO - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔nil per os (nothing by mouth)
- B/C: surgery, testing, ventilated state
Enteral Nutrition Support - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Used when patient can't consume
enough orally, but the GI tract can be used in some way.
Parenteral Nutrition Support - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nutrients delivered into the
bloodstream because these patients have virtually no GI function.
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,TPN (total parenteral nutrition) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The only source of nutrition is
through IV for the patient
CLD (Clear Liquid Diet) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔relieves thirst, prevents dehydration,
and reduces GI tract stimulation
- can be initial feeding for when patient is post-surgery or transitioning to TPN, or
before certain tests
- NO RED STUFF
- NOT FOR LONG TERM (barely nutrients in this)
- mostly simple carbs calories
FLD (Full Liquid Diet) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔for patients who are unable to chew,
swallow, or digest more solid foods
- for post-surgery or just to minimize GI stimulation (but no other restrictions)
- CLD foods (drinks) but other liquids at or lower than body temperature.
Dysphagia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chew/swallow difficulty
- can be caused by neuro issues, head and neck diseases, and psychological issues
NDD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔National Dysphagia Diets
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, NDD Level 1 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dysphagia-Pureed (homogenous, very cohesive,
pudding-like, requiring very little chewing ability).
NDD Level 2 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dysphagia-Mechanical Altered (cohesive, moist,
semisolid foods, requiring some chewing).
NDD Level 3 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dysphagia-Advanced (soft foods that require
more chewing ability).
NDD Level 4 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Regular
-All foods allowed
Viscosity of Liquids is measured in - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔centiPoise (cP)
- thinner= lower cP
Frazier Free Water Protocol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A protocol developed at Frazier
Rehabilitation Hospital in Kentucky for dysphasic patients to be able to consume
water with reduced risk for aspiration. The protocol addresses chronic dehydration
in patients on thick-liquid diets.
- Water in between meals NOT with diets and the tube is cleaned properly between
each meal and water use.
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Diet Rx (Diet Order) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Designates the amount, type, texture, and
frequency of feeding. This is in accordance of micro- and macro nutrient amounts
that are appropriate for the patient.
SLP - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔speech language pathologist
OT - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occupational therapist
PO - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Per Os (by mouth)
NPO - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔nil per os (nothing by mouth)
- B/C: surgery, testing, ventilated state
Enteral Nutrition Support - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Used when patient can't consume
enough orally, but the GI tract can be used in some way.
Parenteral Nutrition Support - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nutrients delivered into the
bloodstream because these patients have virtually no GI function.
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,TPN (total parenteral nutrition) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The only source of nutrition is
through IV for the patient
CLD (Clear Liquid Diet) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔relieves thirst, prevents dehydration,
and reduces GI tract stimulation
- can be initial feeding for when patient is post-surgery or transitioning to TPN, or
before certain tests
- NO RED STUFF
- NOT FOR LONG TERM (barely nutrients in this)
- mostly simple carbs calories
FLD (Full Liquid Diet) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔for patients who are unable to chew,
swallow, or digest more solid foods
- for post-surgery or just to minimize GI stimulation (but no other restrictions)
- CLD foods (drinks) but other liquids at or lower than body temperature.
Dysphagia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chew/swallow difficulty
- can be caused by neuro issues, head and neck diseases, and psychological issues
NDD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔National Dysphagia Diets
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, NDD Level 1 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dysphagia-Pureed (homogenous, very cohesive,
pudding-like, requiring very little chewing ability).
NDD Level 2 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dysphagia-Mechanical Altered (cohesive, moist,
semisolid foods, requiring some chewing).
NDD Level 3 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dysphagia-Advanced (soft foods that require
more chewing ability).
NDD Level 4 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Regular
-All foods allowed
Viscosity of Liquids is measured in - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔centiPoise (cP)
- thinner= lower cP
Frazier Free Water Protocol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A protocol developed at Frazier
Rehabilitation Hospital in Kentucky for dysphasic patients to be able to consume
water with reduced risk for aspiration. The protocol addresses chronic dehydration
in patients on thick-liquid diets.
- Water in between meals NOT with diets and the tube is cleaned properly between
each meal and water use.
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