Nurses Education

INjuries  and operationsin and arround mouth may pose problem for feeding.under such condition feeding is managed as follows.                           https://nurseducation2020.blogspot.com/2020/02/diet-and-feeding-sick.html HARELIP DEFORMITY Small infant with congenital harelip deformity may be able to take food without posing problem.But if complete cleft palate is present,the infant may need spoon feeding or feeding by naso gastric tube,for spoon feeding the infant is laid flat on the lap of nurse or mother and fed by means of spoon to the back of the mouth.In post operative cases of harelip or cleft palate spoon feeding is continued using a small narrow spoon which will not stretch the mouth.Water is given before and after each food.Crying causes stretching of stitches or may cause removal,so cry for feed should be avoided if sufficient amount of feed is given and repeated before the infant cries f...