Feeding of patients.
Preparing and serving of patient
Meals should be accurately prepared
, according to the requirements of the individual patient and his disease.
Great care should be taken and be kept away from the patient to avoid spilling.
Meals
should be attractively served. The plate should be clean on both surfaces. A
nicely prepared, well cooked food improves appetite.
The patient must be placed in the
most suitable position and the plate is conveniently placed. A towel must be
placed around his neck so that it gives maximum protection to the patient and
bedclothes. Hot food should be given if permitted.
Spoon feeding
This is often used for the feeding of children and patients
who cannot feed themselves. The spoon should be of suitable size and time
should be allowed for the mastication.
The nurse should appear unhurried. It is usual for the nurse
to stand on the right side of the patient but exceptions occur.
Help the patient to take their feeds
who are unable to feed themselves and everything possible must be done to
alleviate the feeling of helplessness.
Children with harelips and cleft palate are mostly spoon
fed; sometimes a special spoon is used and after operation, a sterile spoon is
used.
The child should be well supported and the spoon placed well
to the back of the mouth. After operations for harelip or cleft palate, great
care should be taken to prevent the spoon from touching the suture lines.
Feeding with a feeding cup
The feeder (feeding cup) must be
perfectly clean, especially the spout and under the over hanging half-lid. It
should be placed on a saucer with a spoon, and carried to the bed side on a
tray which is covered with a tray cloth.
Spread a towel around the patient' s
neck. The feed should not be too hot. The nurse' s left arm should be placed
under the pillow to raise the patient' s head and the spout of the feeder
placed between his lips.
The
patient should be taught to place his tongue over the spout tip when requiring
a rest, or to make a sign to the nurse.
In some instances, feeding is made
more easy if a piece of rubber tubing is attached to the spout of the feeder,
this should be carefully washed and boiled at least once daily.
In some cases both feeder and rubber
spout are boiled before and after each feed. A special brush is provided for
the cleaning of spouted feeders.
At the end of the meal, the patient'
s mouth should be dried, in some cases the mouth may require cleaning before
and after the meal.
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