First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . t spoon or drinking tube. With broth or hotliquids which are served in a cup, take salt or sugar asthe case may be. Add a wafer if it is permitted. Patients who take liquid diet only often require to befed. Using a bent glass tube is a favorite way, as thepatient need not lift the head. (A drinking tube shouldbe washed immediately after use or it is very difficult toget clean.) A feeding cup is a convenience, if the patientfancies it. He may drink directly from a glass or cup ifit is but half full, the nurse
First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . t spoon or drinking tube. With broth or hotliquids which are served in a cup, take salt or sugar asthe case may be. Add a wafer if it is permitted. Patients who take liquid diet only often require to befed. Using a bent glass tube is a favorite way, as thepatient need not lift the head. (A drinking tube shouldbe washed immediately after use or it is very difficult toget clean.) A feeding cup is a convenience, if the patientfancies it. He may drink directly from a glass or cup ifit is but half full, the nurse meanwhile, supporting hishead with her hand. 68 FIRST YEAH MHSINli Remember that patients who arc very ill or who lackappetite will often take liquid nourishment, somethingwhich they may drink, when solid food seems impossibleto them. Likewise, delirious or unconscious patientswill swallow fluids which are put into their mouths whenthey cannot be induced to masticate anything. If a patient wishes to take the liquid nourishmenthimself, set the tray on the bedside table where he can. Fig. 8.—Feeding a patient. get at it by simply turning his hand. Be sure that aclean spoon or tube is beside it. A patient who is on soft or full diet may or may not beable to feed himself. If he cannot sit up, the pillowshould be placed so that it supports the head firmlybut does not bend the neck into an uncomfortable posi-tion. The napkin should be spread smoothly underthe chin. The nurse, if she is to help, may sit or standby the bedside, season the food, cut it up if necessary,and give it to him with fork or spoon in small mouth- SERVING MEALS. FEEDING. SPECIAL DIETS 09 fills. The most common faults in feeding are hurryingthe patient, and forgetting that he may wish a drinkwith his food. Above all, be neat; a too-full spoon orone which drips is inexcusable. A patient may prefer to feed himself, even though heis not allowed to be propped up. In this case, theeating table may be put just over t
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