What would the nurse instruct nursing assistive personnel nap to do to ensure safety when feeding Salisbury steak to a dependent patient?

B) Check the patient's mouth for pocketing.

Rationale: To ensure that a patient with a neurological impairment safely swallowed the food, the NAP would check the patient's mouth for pocketing. If the patient has not swallowed the food, giving the patient a drink might further complicate the situation. Suctioning would not be necessary unless the patient were choking, gagging, or coughing. If the patient has not swallowed the food, giving the patient another bite might further complicate the situation.

What would the nurse instruct nursing assistive personnel nap to report while feeding any patient on aspiration precautions?

The nurse would instruct NAP to report the onset of coughing in any patient on aspiration precautions. NAP might or might not be asked to report the amount of food ingested.

How should you be positioned when assisting a patient with feeding?

3. Assist the patient to sit in an upright position at a table in a dining room, in a chair by the bed or upright in bed if the patient cannot get up. This helps with swallowing and protects the airway (Dougherty and Lister, 2015). Eating in a dining room also makes the meal a social occasion.

How do you assist feeding a patient?

Feeding techniques:.
Treat resident with dignity and respect..
Wash hands..
Assure proper positioning of resident..
Feed the resident small bites at a time..
Alternate liquids with solids..
Do not mix foods together..
Cue resident to open mouth if necessary..
Record intake as soon as possible after feeding resident..

When preparing to move a patient in bed the nurse should first?

Nursing Concepts.