Dietetics

Classification of foods, care of foods, cooking of foods, serving of foods.

Tray-setting and food serving: feeding of helpless and delirious patients; management of liquid diet.

Course of Study in Dietetics Arranged by the Wisconsin State Board of Examiners of Nurses.

Dietetics First Year Probationary Course

Three Months. Feeding helpless patients. Serving liquid diets under direction. Charting diets.

Second Term January 3 To May 31. Dietetics

Twelve classes. Theory, one-half hour. Demonstration, one and one-half hours. Review physiology of digestion; mechanical and chemical processes; absorption; assimilation, and elimination.

Foods

Classification, composition, and function.

Food values.

Principles to be observed in the preparation of foods.

Practical Dietetics

Preparation and serving of the following: Coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa, broths, hot milk, oyster stew, egg-nog, eggs (poached, scrambled, jellied, baked), omelets, custards, toasts, cream sauce, light-desserts (including ice cream), beefsteak, roasts, bacon, sweet breads, fish, chicken, breakfast foods, vegetables, fruits, and simple salads.

Serving of trays.