Hygiene (Bed Bath)

Question 0

What is a complete/total bath?

Answer 0

-patient is dependent for care - to ill to bathe themselves; total bed bath, we cleanse them in their bed

Question 1

What are the types of baths? (6)

Answer 1

Complete or total
Assisted
Partial
Tub
Shower
Bag bath

Question 2

What is an assisted (self-help) bath?

Answer 2

• patient is able to bathe with some assistance; nurse might need to do the parts that they cannot reach, like feet and back

Question 3

What is a partial bath?

Answer 3

• areas prone to odour are washed regularly - face and hands, underarms, and peri-care

Question 4

What is a tub bath?

Answer 4

• to rinse the entire body; often has jets on it, will massage parts of body and exfoliate their skin; not necessarily done every day; often therapeutic; do anything to make bathing as comfortable as possible for the patient

Question 5

In what order do you bathe a patient?

Answer 5

move from clean to dirty
face - arms (axillae) - hands - chest - abdomen - legs - feet - back - peri-care
work from head to toe and proximal to distal