A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . llen, immediately afternursing.* For any nipple shield to work perfectly it mustQual£iesoffit tightly, hence an entire rubber shield is not soshield-good as some others. Some shields are made ofpart metal and part rubber, others part rubber andpart glass. The cheapest are the ordinary glassshields with rubber nipples. These cost aboutfifteen cents and are quite as good as those that arehigher priced. A shield is not good if it allows the nipple to bedrawn out too far. In the intervals of nursing the * It is better at night,
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . llen, immediately afternursing.* For any nipple shield to work perfectly it mustQual£iesoffit tightly, hence an entire rubber shield is not soshield-good as some others. Some shields are made ofpart metal and part rubber, others part rubber andpart glass. The cheapest are the ordinary glassshields with rubber nipples. These cost aboutfifteen cents and are quite as good as those that arehigher priced. A shield is not good if it allows the nipple to bedrawn out too far. In the intervals of nursing the * It is better at night, when the applications cannot be kept con-stantly renewed, to anoint the nipples with a little borated coldcream after cleansing. This helps to prevent cracking. 182 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. Nippleprotectors. rubber nipple should be kept in cold water afterhaving been turned inside out and thoroughlycleaned with a brush. Nipple protectors are worn only in the intervalsof nursing, or during pregnancy, for shaping thenipple.* These may be made of lead, glass, or Fig. Nipple Shield. wood. Leaden protectors keep the nipples soft inthe intervals of nursing, and have a healing effectupon the abrasions and cracks of a tender care be taken, however, to cleanse the nipplethoroughly before the, baby nurses, there is dangerof lead-poisoning. Nipple protectors of glass andwood, being open at the top, are intended more tokeep the clothing of the patient off the tender * See Fig. 6, page 43. MANAGEMENT OF THE LYING-IN. 183 nipple.* The nipple may, in addition, be kept moistin the intervals of nursing by the application overit of a piece of absorbent cotton saturated with amixture of one part glycerine to two parts water. Nipples vary much in shape—thus they may beVariation in shape ofnipples. Fig. 25.
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