This is a discussion about diet therapy for a 58 year old woman who experienced her first MI (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION) and is being discharged home. She currently works full time and is divorced. She works full time and is no longer married. She lives in an apartment and doesn’t have any family in the area. She lives in an apartment and has no family in the surrounding community.
Use your chapter readings, review of videos, course materials, and research.
Be prepared to discuss the following:
1. What should be the focus for her nutritional history and assessment?
2. What dietary recommendations should be made?
3. What obstacles to staying on the diet recommended might this woman encounter?
4. What special considerations should you, as a nurse, be aware of?
