Non-Medical Health Care Professions Section

Department of Nutritional Therapists

Department of Nutritional Therapists, VFN has a team of nutrition experts led by Mgr. Lucie Růžičková. Nutritional therapists work in individual clinics and departments as well as in the VFN Catering Service.If there is no nutrition therapist directly on your ward, you can ask your treating doctor or nursing staff to contact you.

Our department includes: ambulance for patients with nephrological whose neurological disease, ambulance for children, preoperative nutritional care clinic and wound healing clinic.

WHO IS A NUTRITIONAL THERAPIST?

A non-medical health professional who will answer all your questions, concerns and difficulties regarding nutrition. For your speedy recovery, sufficient supply of nutrients and energy is essential for recovery, wound healing and prevention of possible complications. If there is no nutrition therapist directly on your ward, you can ask your treating doctor or nursing staff to contact you.

A nutritionist can help you in the following situations:

Inadequate diet or food choices with regard to necessary dietary restrictions,
planning meals after discharge to home care so that, if possible, they meet dietary restrictions and at the same time maintain individual taste preferences,
addressing loss of appetite or other digestive problems through dietary adjustments or other interventions,
the need for oral artificial nutrition, in which case the nutritional therapist will explain how to use it correctly or help you choose a suitable flavor,
decreased appetite, decreasing weight, when wearing looser clothing, always inform your doctor or nutritional therapist about these facts. Food brought in from home or the store.

The catering system at the VFN:

In our hospital facility, you have a diet prescribed by your doctor, which is one of the important treatment measures for your illness. If you have no dietary restrictions, you have a prescribed basic diet 3 in the MAL (diet 3 MAL) or FIT (diet 3 FIT) variant.
DIET 3 MAL It contains mostly popular and classic dishes and is served mainly to patients at risk of malnutrition during illness.
DIET 3 FIT meets all the principles of a healthy diet according to the World Health Organization. It has an increased fiber content, a reduced fat content, especially with the content of saturated fatty acids. It is suitable primarily for patients without the risk of malnutrition. In any case, it depends on your usual eating habits, if the second option suits you better than the one you received on prescription, it is possible to exchange them without any problems.
For breastfeeding mothers In addition to the classic non-flatulent diet, we also offer FIT diet menu. The latest studies show that flatulence-causing food components do not pass into breast milk. Carbonated water, fresh and whole-grain bread, legumes or cruciferous vegetables do not harm breast milk.
For swallowing disorders You will receive food that is pulverized but returned to its original form. You may also receive chicken thigh with red cabbage.
We also have on offer vegetarian diet.
Other special diets are prescribed to help you if your condition requires specific dietary restrictions.

When preparing food, we pay attention to the freshness of the food, we do not use any seasoning mixtures and we have minimized semi-finished products. We season dishes only with one type of spice or green herbs. We try to serve you tasty and nutritionally valuable food, even within the framework of dietary restrictions.

What about food brought in from home or the store?

Always consult a nutritionist or your doctor first.whether the food or drinks you bring in are in accordance with your therapy and prescribed diet.
Make sure that the food brought in has been safely prepared, stored and transported.
Store food in the refrigerator., label with your name and consume in time according to the expiration date.
Foods and drinks are considered safe: biscuits, muesli bars, fruit, dried fruit, packaged drinks, jam, honey, packaged foods.
Dangerous foods are: homemade mayonnaise, sushi, store-bought sandwiches and salads, unpasteurized dairy products, cakes with cream or whipped cream.