RN Exam Practice
Basic Care and ComfortQuestion 2351 of 2368

A client who has poor dentition needs a diet that is easy to chew. Which diet should the nurse expect to be prescribed?

  1. Clear liquid diet
  2. Full liquid diet
  3. Restrictive diet
  4. Mechanical soft diet
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Correct answer: Mechanical soft diet

A mechanical soft diet of chopped or ground foods is used for poor or absent dentition and dysphagia.

Source: Nursing Fundamentals, 2nd edition (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2024), Nutrition: Planning Interventions. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026