First figure out how many calories from fat she's allowed.
Tell your patient she is allowed
38 grams of fat per day.
Now come up with a menu. Here's
what we chose:
Breakfast
1 cup coffee
= 0 cal, 0 fat
1 tbsp. half and half cream = 20 cal, 2 grams fat
1
tsp. sugar = 20 cal, 0 fat
1 cup bran flakes = 90 cal, 1 gram fat
1
cup skim milk = 85 cal, 0 fat
1 peach = 75 cal, 0 fat
1 blueberry
muffin = 140 cal, 5 grams fat
Total = 450 cal, 8 grams fat
Lunch
2
leaves of lettuce = 5 cal, 0 fat
1 whole carrot = 30 cal, 0 fat
2
slices whole wheat bread = 140 cal, 2 gram fat
1 tbsp. mayonnaise =
60 cal, 5 grams fat
2 slices roast turkey = 135 cal, 3 grams fat
1
cup vegetable beef soup = 80 cal, 2 grams fat
1 pear = 85 cal, 1 gram
fat
Total = 535 cal, 13 grams fat
Dinner
1 cup
cooked spaghetti = 155 cal, 1 gram fat
1 cup spaghetti sauce = 190
cal, 2 grams fat
1 serving asparagus = 15 cal, 0 fat
4 oatmeal
raisin cookies = 245 cal, 10 grams fat
1 kiwi = 45 cal, 0 fat
Total
= 650 cal, 13 grams fat
Menu Total
Breakfast = 450
cal, 8 grams fat
Lunch = 535 cal, 13 grams fat
Dinner = 650
cal, 13 grams fat
Menu = 1,635 cal, 34 grams of fat
Problem
solving and calculating medical doses are things nurse practitioners do every
day. And that's not all. Many nurse practitioners run their own clinics,
which means budgeting and billing. "It's hard to get by in this career
without a strong knowledge of math," say nurse practitioner Linda Jones.