UNIT – 7

NUTRITION

ASHA RUSSEL
ASST. SCIENCE TUTOR ‘A’
 ASSISTING WITH ORAL
NUTRITION
 Allow patient to wash hands.
 Provide oral care if patient desires.
can be checked on you inner wrist. If feeding is necessary, alternate foods with sips of liquid. Use straws. Use tip
of utensil. Record intake.
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NUTRITION
 Assess tray for, client’s name, type of diet and completeness.
 Position in high fowlers in bed or in a chair.
Hot liquids can be checked on you inner wrist. If feeding is necessary, alternate foods with sips of liquid. Use
straws. Use tip of utensil. Record intake.
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NUTRITION
 Clear overbed table.
 Assist patient as needed.
 Ifthe client is able to eat independently, stop here. Return
after 10 to 20 minutes. Hot liquids can be checked on you inner wrist. If feeding is
necessary, alternate foods with sips of liquid. Use straws. Use tip of utensil. Record intake.
 ASSISTING WITH ORAL
NUTRITION
 Ask in what order clients would like to eat and cut food into
bite-sized pieces.
 Provide fluids as requested.
liquids can be checked on you inner wrist. If feeding is necessary, alternate foods with sips of liquid. Use straws.
Use tip of utensil. Record intake.
 ASSISTING WITH ORAL
NUTRITION
 Use meal as an opportunity to educate client.
 Assist client to wash hands and perform mouth care.
 Assist client to resume a comfortable position.
 Return client’s tray to appropriate place and wash hands.
 Record intake.ws. Use tip of utensil. Record intake.
 NASOGASTRIC TUBE FEEDING
 EQUIPMENT
 Prescribed nutritional formula/feeding (correct type and amount)
 Catheter tip syringe (50ml)
 Emesis basin
 Clean gloves
 pH test strip & A glass of water.
 Incontinence sheet.
 VERIFYING TUBE PLACEMENT
 Aspirate gastric secretions and check gastric residual.
 Measure pH of aspirated GI contents.
 Auscultate over left upper quadrant with stethoscope and
inject 10 to 20 ml of air into tube.
 VERIFYING TUBE PLACEMENT
 Measure pH of aspirated GI contents.
Respiratory fluids have a pH of more than 6.
Gastric contents have pH range of 1 to 4.
Intestinal contents have pH range of 6 to 7.
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