A female patient who is recovering from a stroke has begun eating a minced and pureed diet after passing the speech pathologist's swallowing assessment
This morning, the nurse set up the patient with her breakfast tray and later noticed that the woman was swallowing her food well but dribbling small amounts of food out of affected side of her mouth. How should the nurse follow up this observation?
A) Provide oral suctioning after each bite that the patient swallows.
B) Make the patient NPO and encourage the care provider to consider enteral nutrition.
C) Remove the patient's tray because of the risk of aspiration.
D) Cue the patient to the fact that she is dribbling food while commending her for eating.
D
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