Question

Question 1: Develop a one day meal plan for your hemodialysis patient. (You just need to list the foods they would eat for the day.)

Question 2: What are some important considerations when meal planning for a hemodialysis patient?

Question 3: Develop a one day meal plan for your peritoneal dialysis patient. (You just need to list the foods they would eat for the day.)

Question 4: a) What are some important considerations when meal planning for a peritoneal dialysis patient? b) Who has to keep a stricter diet, a peritoneal dialysis or a hemodialysis patient? Why do you think that is?

Answer 1

1)One day meal plan for hemodialysis patient.

Breakfast: 2Slices of bread

1 cup milk

1/2 cup cooked pasta

1 egg

Apple juice or fruit cocktail

Lunch: Chicken salad

1 cup cooked cereal or white rice

1/2 cup yogurt

Dinner: 1 cup brown rice

Fish

Vegetables like cabbage,carrot and so on

2) For hemodialysis patient meal planning important dietry considerations are follows:

Sodium restricted diet and this helps to control bp along with reduce fluid retension.

Provide adequate amount of protein to keep client healthy and it improves the muscle strength

Foods that are low in potassium include green beans,cabbage and so on

High calcium diet is needed for bone growth

3)One day meal planning for peritoneal dialysis:

Break fast: 1 cup cooked cereals

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup of nuts

Lunch: brown rice

meat

green leafy vegetables

fruit bowl

1/2 cup of yogurt

Dinner: Chicken soup

Legumes

vegetables

4) a Important considerations when meal planning of peritoneal dialysis patient:

Low phosphorous diet

High potassium and protein diet

Sodium and fluid restriction because it causes fluid retension along with high bp

b.Hemodialysis patient need to take stricter diet than peritoneal dialysis patient because through hemodialysis most of the electrolytes will lost by cleansing when it comes to peritoneal dialysis removes waste as well asthe fluid from the body .Therfore hemodialysis patients needs to follow strict diet plan.