A hospital patient with a dysphagia problem has been receiving a soft food diet. You notice that she coughs repeatedly while eating meals and eats only small portions of the foods on her plate. You suspect that the diet is inappropriate and that she may need a more restrictive dysphagia diet, but her medical chart doesn't specify the severity of the dysphagia. To address these problems in your care plan, which health professionals would you need to consult, and what information would you require from each of them?
The next meal is due within the hour, and you suspect the woman will be intolerant to the foods she is scheduled to receive. You haven't yet heard from the health practitioners you consulted while developing your care plan. What options might you consider in handling this immediate problem?

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.