Nutrition Risk Identification Questions (NRIQ)
Frank’s responses
Laura asks Frank some of the NRIQ in this activity. The remaining questions have been left out for the purpose of this training activity. It is best to go through all of the questions with your clients so you don’t miss anything.
Laura: “Do you have any teeth, mouth or swallowing problems that make it hard for you to eat?”
Frank: “No, no problems.”
Laura: “Do you have any difficulties shopping, cooking or feeding yourself?”
Frank: “No, Rosa does the cooking and we do the shopping together. Sometimes our son helps with that too.”
Laura: “Do you have an illness or condition that makes you change the kind or amount of food that you eat?”
Frank: “Well we use low fat milk and Rosa only makes sweets once a week now. We are careful because I have diabetes. Rosa, you use that special cookbook don’t you?”
Rosa: “Yes the special diabetes cookbook we got many years ago.”
Laura: “Do you take three or more different medications each day?”
Frank: “Yes, I don’t like it but I have to take them. I have two medications for my blood pressure, one for cholesterol, and two diabetes medications. One of these was increased last time and I have felt a bit ‘off’ since then. I also have one for my arthritis, one to keep the fluid levels down and one for my reflux.”
