NAME : YULIA INDRI FEBRIANI

NIM : 1021032048
English for Nursing
Topic 12

REINFORCING A DIETARY PROGRAM

Instructional objective
The students are expected to be able:
1. to pronunce well vocabularies relating to foods and drinks, and
2. to act out the practice and therapeutic communication of reinforcing a dietary
program.

Reading
Direction. Read the nursing note below and get some useful informations regarding
reinforcing a dietary program. Then, answer the following questions.

NURSING
NOTE
Human body needs nutritious foods to keep healthy. "Nutrients from the foods you eat
provide the foundation of the structure, function and integrity of every cell in your body,
from your skin and hair to digestive and immune systems," says Cynthia Sass, an
American registered dietitian.

"Nutrition strongly impacts a patient's ability to respond to illness or injury," says the
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). "However, up to 55 percent of
hospitalized patients arrive malnourished or become malnourished during their
hospitalization, impairing their chances of survival, increasing their risk of complications
and delaying healing." "These complications contribute to longer hospital stays and higher
healthcare costs," the AACN acknowledges.

Therefore, "All nurses who provide patient care are responsible for addressing patients'
nutritional needs," the AACN explains. This can take many forms: from conducting
nutrition screening and performing nutrition assessment and interventions to providing
mealtime assistance, nutrition support or dietary therapies, and more.

Questions:
1. Why does our body need nutritious foods?
Answer: to keep us healthy, to respon to illness or injury
2. What are the impacts of being malnourished on patients?

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 Answer: impairing their chances of survival, increasing their risk of complications
and delaying healing.
3. Mention several forms of nurse responsibility in addressing patients’ nutritional
needs.
Answer: from conducting nutrition screening and performing nutrition
assessment and interventions to providing mealtime assistance, nutrition
support or dietary therapies, and more.
Related Vocabularies
Direction. The followings are the vocabularies related to nutrients, foods, and drinks.
Do the exercises as the following instruction for each exercise. Practice the
pronunciation.
Exercise 1. Write the name of the foods based on the pictures in the nutrition classification
above.

Fats Minerals
1. fish 4. Sausage 1. Fish meat 4. broccoli
2. avocado 5. butter 2. nuts

3. donuts 6. cheese 3. Shell

Water Carbohydrates
1. strawberrie 4. beet 1. Banan 4. Sugar
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5. tomatoe 5. nuts
2. Cucumber s 2. Apple

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 3. watermelons 3. Bread 6. Potato
Proteins Vitamins
1. eggs 4. milk 1. Orange 4. Strawberries
2. meat 5. nuts 2. Carrots 5. Apple
3. chees 6. wheat 3. Broccol 6. Banana
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Exercise 2. Choose the proper name for each picture.
Milk, spaghetti, pizza, carrots, chips, eggs, tomatoes, bread, fish, banana, orange
juice, ham, candies, jam, Apple, salad, soup, meat, toast.

Answer
: 1.milk
2.
Spaghetti
3.pizza

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4. Carrots

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5. Chip
s6.
Eggs
7. Tomatoes
8. Bread
9. Fish
10. Banana
11. Orange juice
12. Chicken
13. Candies
14. Jam
15. Apple
16. Coke
17. Salad
18. SIUP
19. Meat
20. Toast

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Exercise 3. Accomplish the crossword below by naming each picture in the numbered

column.
1. Pizza
2. Milk
3. Cauliflower
4. Biscuits
5. Grapes

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6. Eggs
7. Rice
8. Tomatoes
9. Mushrooms
10. Orange juice
11. Cereal
12. Carrots
13. Strawberries
14. Pears
15. Bananas
16. Coffee
17. Potatoes
18. Chips
19. Bread
20. Jam
21. Cheese
22. Cabbage
23. Cake
24. Salad
25. Cucumber
26. Tea
27. Apples
28. Chicken
Useful Expressions
Direction. Study the communication procedure and the useful expressions of
explaining a dietary program.
A. Explaining what you are going to do
 I am here to ....  I am here to serve your breakfast.
 I am going to ....  I am going to recommend a dietary
 It is time for me to .... program.
 I need to ....
 I just want to ....

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B. Offering food
 What ........ ?  What would you like to have for your
lunch?
 What do you like for your dinner?
 Do you ........ ?  Do you like apple pie for your supper?

C. Assessment
 Are you allergic to............. ?

D. Telling doctor’s diagnosis

 Well, according to Doctor’s note you have a  stomach
problem with your .........  digestion
 cholesterol
 blood sugar
 etc.

 Your physician said you have a .........  diarrhea

 diabetes mellitus type 2
 appendicities
 hypertension
 etc.

E. Recommending a diet
 is good for your health  Drinking a lot of water is good for
 You’d better consume ................... your health.
 You may consume ................... a  You’d better consume more fruit.
little bit.  You may consume ice cream a little
bit.

F. Prohibition
 You are prohibited to drink .......  You are prohibited to drink
alcohol.
 You are prohibited to eat ........  You are prohibited to eat too
much sugar.
 You have to avoid ......  You have to avoid caffein.
 You should avoid .......  You should avoid spicy foods.

G. Giving rationale
 It contains too much (fat/carbohydrate, etc.).
 Consuming excessive (coffee/sweets/calories/etc.) will increase the
cholesterol rate.
 Etc.

Listening Exercise

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Direction. Accomplish the following conversation by listening to the audio file on
UFLearn. Then, act out the dialogue.
Case: a patient with hepatitis
Nurse : Good afternoon, Mr. Anderson.
Patient : Good afternoon, Nurse.
Nurse : Why didn’t you eat your lunch?
Patient : I feel nauseous.
May I have this kind of food, Nurse?
I like it very much.
Nurse : well, according to the doctor’s note, (1) you have to limit your fat
comsumption
You know it contains a lot of fat. It will worsen your condition.
Patient : can I have any other kinds of food?
Nurse : sure, as long as it’s on this menu.
So, (2) what would you like to order?
Patient : may I have soup for dinner?
Nurse : okay. Let me tell the person in charge.
Patient : thank you, Nurse.
Nurse : you’re welcome.
(The conversations were taken from English for Professional Nurses 1 written by Leo A.
Pamudya.)

Nursing Communication Practice

Direction. Work in pair. Write a nurse-patient conversation of reinforcing a dietary
program. Submit your conversation scenario on UFLearn. Then, practice the
conversation together. You are not allowed to read aloud the scenario.
N: Good morning Miss A, I'm nurse Yulia Indri, you can call me nurse Indri.
P: Good morning, Nurse.
N: Did you sleep well last
night? P: Not really.
N: Miss Nurul, I'm here to recommend you a dietary program.

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P: Yes, Nurse.
N: What do you like for your
dinner? P: I do like junk food for
my dinner.
N: Well, according to Doctor’s note you have a problem with digestion. You'd
better consume some more healthy food like salad. You also should avoid drink
coffee because it contains too much caffein.
P: Ok, i will do what you suggest, thank you,
Nurse : You're welcome.

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