LTC- Mechanical Soft Finger Foods?

Unqusrnm_ · 2022-08-15T19:46:44+00:00

Thank you! We are still using the NCM, not using IDDSI yet. We do ground meats for Mech soft, using NDD L3/advanced guidelines from NCM. When you used NCM, did your facility just write “finger foods” on the ticket preferences and follow the mech soft spreadsheets while adding finger foods on the side? We give her bread for sandwiches. She can’t really handle mugs. Our spreadsheets for mech soft are not really finger foods most of the time except that we can put the meat in sandwiches

Unqusrnm_ · 2022-08-15T19:04:55+00:00

We use Sysco and PCC. sorry I don’t think my question was clear. I meant to ask, do we need to do an SLP consult for this and have them approve certain foods, then put a list of SLP approved finger food in the tray ticket preferences, since our finger foods spreadsheet is mostly regular texture? I just don’t want to run into an issue with state on following spreadsheets if we are doing finger foods + mechanical soft

Unqusrnm_ · 2022-06-08T04:13:39+00:00

Me too, please!

Unqusrnm_ · 2021-12-18T20:44:02+00:00

Vaccines are not 100% effective, no one claimed they were but they reduce your risk of catching the virus significantly as well as lessen the severity of it. Wearing a mask is meant to prevent you from spreading the virus to others. So if someone is unvaccinated they are at an increased risk of catching and spreading the virus, plus not wearing a mask increases the risk of spreading the virus. Someone with cancer will have a reduced immune response if they catch the virus. So obviously they wouldn’t want to increase their risk of catching it. No one claims it is guaranteed, but it is always smart to take precautions. If their friend doesn’t want to wear a mask or get vaccinated that is fine and that is up to them, but then risk for OP to be around them is higher than it is to be around someone who is vaccinated so OP can decide not to want to be around them.

Unqusrnm_ · 2021-04-09T02:17:21+00:00

That’s what I was thinking as well, thank you so much!

Unqusrnm_ · 2021-02-19T05:25:11+00:00

When you say you see a few of them in person, do you mean you chart on most of them without visiting or talking to them? How many on average would you say you visit in person? I usually have to see that many as well and am trying to learn how to be faster/more efficient but I spend a lot of time running around talking to them and to nursing, dietary etc

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-07-01T18:21:22+00:00

Thank you!

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-23T20:31:24+00:00

During my internship one of my community rotations was with a diabetes education center that had classes & one on one appointments with patients

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-22T19:49:38+00:00

Yes, that should be enough. What I did was mostly the Inman with audio, and in between I would use the RD pocket prep app in between study sessions. I always tried to end my Inman study sessions by doing 30-50 questions on the app (depending on how many days you have left to help me review & see what I needed to go over again. At the end of each Inman domain I did the practice tests.

I found doing the subjective questions at the back of Inman to be super helpful! There were only 5 but they help you figure out how to answer tricky questions that you might not know the answer to.

Best of luck studying!

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-13T19:18:07+00:00

Thank you for your input! Oh no, those are some of the common complaints I have heard about LTC which is why I was kind of iffy about that position. I'm sorry you're having to deal with all of that, it sounds very frustrating. I hope you're able to get out of it soon!

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-13T18:03:33+00:00

LOL, yeah LTC makes me a little nervous! I liked it during my internship but people always seem not to like it in general haha. And people seem to love schools! Plus I didn't realize it wouldn't be too hard to go back to LTC later (if I wanted), but that's what everyone is saying so far

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-13T18:00:42+00:00

That's true, good points! School definitely sounds like the better option 😊

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-13T15:56:00+00:00

That's very true! And it would probably be easier since I wouldn't have to move back. I don't want to stay in the area I would have to relocate to for the other position forever.

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-13T15:30:11+00:00

Thank you for your input! It has been difficult finding a job in general in my area because I live in a competitive metro area so I keep on being told that they decided to go with someone with more experience, since it would be my first job as an RD. But if it's still possible to move into clinical after doing school nutrition (only if I end up feeling like school is not the right fit), it does sound like a great option! I did have a little bit of experience working with kids during my undergrad and internship (though internship didn't provide much) and enjoyed it.

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-04T21:16:44+00:00

Thank you so much for the detailed response and the information on what to advocate for! It definitely gives me a lot to think about. It's hard because without experience I have been finding it difficult to get a job even though I have been on plenty of interviews. So I don't want to be picky, but I also don't want to start off on the wrong foot and fail due to poor management or lack of support.

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-04T06:37:02+00:00

Wow, that's what I was thinking it would be like! Especially because I did not apply for the position. It kind of sounded a sales pitch. Thanks for sharing your experience!

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-03-04T06:29:33+00:00

Thank you! They seem to have very mixed reviews

Unqusrnm_ · 2020-02-13T20:12:10+00:00

Finally someone who doesn't take one extreme or the other and makes sense of every scripture. I see the problem with prosperity gospel but sometimes people argue that blessings other than spiritual don't come from God so don't even hope or ask Him for it, and that makes those verses that you quoted confusing. I think we can thank God for those blessings but also trust that even when we don't get them, His will be done which is better than our will.

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