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| What are the benefits of personal hygiene? |
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Definition
Contributes to physical and psychological well-being
Fosters activity and movement
Provides comfort
Improves self-esteem
lower infection |
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| Why should you respect and accommodate your patients' hygiene preferences? |
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Definition
| Respecting the patient's hygiene preferences promotes maximum participation and independence with ADLs and reflects caring. |
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| Identify two economic or living environment factors that may influence how frequently a person bathes |
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Definition
Inadequate bathing facilities
Lack of water
Lack of money to buy supplies
Lack of energy after focusing on meeting the basic needs for food and shelter |
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| Identify one example of a cognitive impairment that may make independent initiation of grooming impossible |
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Definition
| Dementia, delirium, psychoses, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, or traumatic brain injury may make initiation of grooming impossible |
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| Identify one example of a cognitive impairment that may make independent initiation of grooming impossible |
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Definition
| Dementia, delirium, psychoses, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, or traumatic brain injury may make initiation of grooming impossible |
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| Why may people experiencing depression neglect their grooming and hygiene? |
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Definition
| Patients suffering from depression often report a profound lack of energy or motivation and may neglect their grooming and hygiene practices. |
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| What are five functions of the skin? |
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Definition
| The skin serves five functions: protection, sensation, temperature regulation, secretion/excretion, and formation of Vitamin D. |
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| How does the skin help regulate body temperature? |
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Definition
| The skin regulates temperature through the process of dilating and constricting blood vessels and activating or inactivating sweat glands. The sweat glands found in the axillae and external genitalia secrete fatty acids and proteins and excrete perspiration, which produces a cooling effect as the moisture evaporates from the skin. |
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| What changes take place in the skin as a person ages? |
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Definition
With age, both layers of the skin become thinner and more fragile. As collagen and elastin fibers in the dermis deteriorate, the skin becomes wrinkled. Sebaceous and sweat gland activity decreases, causing the skin to become dry, scaly, and itchy; and temperature regulation in hot weather becomes more difficult. As the number and activity of hair follicles and pigment cells (melanocytes) diminishes, hair becomes thin, turns gray or white, and grows more slowly. Nails thicken and growth decreases. These changes increase the risk for skin problems.
With age, both layers of the skin become thinner and more fragile. As collagen and elastin fibers in the dermis deteriorate, the skin becomes wrinkled. Sebaceous and sweat gland activity decreases, causing the skin to become dry, scaly, and itchy; and temperature regulation in hot weather becomes more difficult. As the number and activity of hair follicles and pigment cells (melanocytes) diminishes, hair becomes thin, turns gray or white, and grows more slowly. Nails thicken and growth decreases. These changes increase the risk for skin problems.
With age, both layers of the skin become thinner and more fragile. As collagen and elastin fibers in the dermis deteriorate, the skin becomes wrinkled. Sebaceous and sweat gland activity decreases, causing the skin to become dry, scaly, and itchy; and temperature regulation in hot weather becomes more difficult. As the number and activity of hair follicles and pigment cells (melanocytes) diminishes, hair becomes thin, turns gray or white, and grows more slowly. Nails thicken and growth decreases. These changes increase the risk for skin problems.
With age, both layers of the skin become thinner and more fragile. As collagen and elastin fibers in the dermis deteriorate, the skin becomes wrinkled. Sebaceous and sweat gland activity decreases, causing the skin to become dry, scaly, and itchy; and temperature regulation in hot weather becomes more difficult. As the number and activity of hair follicles and pigment cells (melanocytes) diminishes, hair becomes thin, turns gray or white, and grows more slowly. Nails thicken and growth decreases |
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| Name two causes of erythema |
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Definition
| Vasodilation and inflammation are causes of erythema |
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| Name two causes of erythema |
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Definition
| Vasodilation and inflammation are causes of erythema |
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| Name four situations that can compromise self-care ability for oral hygiene |
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Definition
Decreased level of consciousness (e.g., a person who is comatose or heavily sedated); such patients are, in addition, likely to breathe through the mouth, causing dry mucous membranes
Serious illness or injury, weakness, activity intolerance, or paralysis
Cognitive impairment, such as occurs with developmental delay, dementia, and certain mental illnesses
Depression
Lack or knowledge or motivation to perform self care (e.g., lack of daily brushing and flossing
Serious illness or injury, weakness, activity intolerance, or paralysis
Cognitive impairment, such as occurs with developmental delay, dementia, and certain mental illnesses
Depression
Lack or knowledge or motivation to perform self care |
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| Define and identify several causes of halitosis |
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Definition
| Halitosis is bad breath. It results from poor oral hygiene, eating certain foods (e.g., garlic, onions), tobacco use, dental caries, infections, or even, a systemic disease such as uncontrolled diabetes or liver disease. |
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| How would you position Mr. Gold ("Meet Your Patients," in Volume 1) to perform his oral hygiene |
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Definition
| Oral hygiene should be performed with the patient on his side and the head of the bed flat. |
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| List at least four assessments you should make of a patient's hair |
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Definition
Use of special products or medicated shampoos
History of hair problems or current conditions necessitating treatment (e.g., pediculosis)
History or presence of disease or therapy that affect the hair (e.g., chemotherapy)
Factors influencing the patient's ability to manage hair and scalp care (e.g., Impaired Mobility)
Personal or cultural preferences for styling of the hair
Condition, cleanliness, texture, and oiliness of the hair
Inspection of the scalp for dandruff, pediculosis (head lice), alopecia (hair loss), secretions or lesions |
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| what can you do while you give a patient a bath? |
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Definition
| assess the patient's skin |
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Term
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Definition
| consistently identify patients at risk and to quantify the severity of risk for pressure ulcers |
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Definition
| resulting from the restoration of its temporarily blocked blood flow. |
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Term
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Definition
| erthema, redness of skin, warm to the touch |
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| 5 things to check on patient's skin |
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Definition
| pallor, jaundice, dry skin, abrasions, excoriation |
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| predictors of pressure sore risk |
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Definition
| sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition, friction, and shear |
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Definition
| 1. non blanchable. 2.blister or shallow crater. 3.deep crater,tunneling 4. into tendon, bone, muscle. |
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| pos. every 2 hrs. heels off bed, nutrition, avoid frition |
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Term
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Definition
| halitosis, gingivitis, stomatitis, caries, cheilosis |
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| teeth brushing for conscience patient |
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Definition
| HOB-45 degrees, if needed:suction, hold bristles @ 45 degree angle |
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Term
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Definition
| every 8hrs., moist swab every 2hrs. side lying, HOB down. |
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Term
| why do you use water soluble lip moisturizer? |
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Definition
| unconscience patient can aspirate |
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Term
| who's nails DO NOT get cut? |
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Definition
| the diabetic, and those with circulatory disease |
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Term
| what causes increase bleeding? |
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Definition
| anticoagulant meds, low PLT count, chemotherapy, high dose of ASA, coumidin, warfin |
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| DO you put soap on a patient's face? |
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