puree and mechanical soft diets

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just for clarification.. when a patient is on a mechanical soft diet are liquids always gonna be thin unless there is an order for thickened liquids (to take medications)?.

also, when a patient is on puree diet they're supposed to take their meds with thickened liquids unless it stats "with thin liquids" in the mar. correct?

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Specializes in Adult Oncology.

Not in my world. For me aspirations precautions means thickened liquids. The diet is just a diet and can be different based on teeth (or lack thereof), sore throat, ill fitting dentures, a strange liking to baby foods...

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anyone else?

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Specializes in Psych.

Every where I have work they have been separated.

On thin unless specified otherwise

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Specializes in PACU, Surgery, Acute Medicine.

Same as SolaireSolstice - the consistency of the food is a separate issue from the consistency of the fluids.

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