Dietetics for NursesProudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)
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Dietetics for Nurses
Proudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)
Diet in disease
All foods or fluids not taken must be weighed or
measured after each meal and charted in spaces below.
Allow no food or fluid at any time except at meal times.
Note any mishaps or irregularities that occur in giving
the diet or collecting the specimens.
Breakfast 8 A.M. Boiled oatmeal 100 grams
Sugar 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls
Milk 30 c.c.
2 slices of bread 30 grams each
Butter 20 grams
Coffee 160 c.c. }
Sugar 1 teaspoonful } 200 c.c.
Milk 40 c.c. }
Dinner--Noon Meat soup 180 c.c.
Beefsteak 100 grams
Potatoes, boiled, mashed
or baked 130 grams
Green vegetables as desired
2 slices bread--each 30 grams
Butter 20 grams
Tea, 180 c.c. }
Sugar, 1 tsp. } 200 c.c.
Milk, 20 c.c. }
Water 250 c.c.
Pudding, tapioca or rice 110 grams
Supper 5 P.M. 2 eggs cooked any style
2 slices of toast 30 grams each
Butter 20 grams
Tea, 180 c.c. }
Sugar, 1 tsp. } 200 c.c.
Milk, 20 c.c. }
Fruit, stewed or fresh 1 portion
Water 300 c.c.
8 A.M. No food or fluid is to be given during the night
or until 8 o'clock next morning (after voiding) when the
regular diet is resumed.
Patient is to empty bladder at 8 A.M. and at the end of
each period as indicated below. The specimens are to be
collected for the following periods in properly labeled
bottles:
8 A.M. to 10 A.M.; 10 A.M. to 12 Noon; 12 Noon to 2
P.M.; 2 P.M. to 4 P.M.; 4 P.M. to 6 P.M.; 6 P.M. to 8
P.M.; 8 P.M. to 8 A.M.
~Chart Used in Johns Hopkins Hospital.~--The following chart is
inserted here to show the method used in the Johns Hopkins Hospital
for carrying out the Two-hour Renal Test:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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