Assignment task: Jacinta is a 60-year-old Hispanic patient admitted to the hospital with congestive heart failure. She refuses to eat any of the food brought to her from the hospital's kitchen. She will eat only the flour tortillas and beans and rice that her family brings from home.
1. Discuss whether the patient's diet meets her nutritional daily requirements.
2. Discuss developmental, social, cultural, and religious factors affecting the nutritional status of this Hispanic patient.
3. Discuss the indication for culturally competent patient/family teaching of diet and nutrition with Jacinta and her family.