Editing Nutrition – LPN Practice Questions (section)

==Question 11==
A client's diet is advanced from clear liquid to full liquid. Which item may now be added to the tray?
# Scrambled eggs
# Cream of potato soup
# Mashed potatoes
# Buttered toast

'''Answer:''' 2. Cream of potato soup.

''Rationale:'' A full liquid diet includes everything on the clear liquid diet plus foods that are liquid or become liquid at room temperature, including milk, milkshakes, cream soups, ice cream, pudding, custard, refined hot cereals such as strained oatmeal, and all juices including those with pulp. Scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes, and toast are solids and belong on a mechanical soft or regular diet. If a client on full liquids tolerates the tray poorly or reports nausea, the LPN reports this to the RN before the diet is advanced further.