Janie ch 39 Flashcards
What 3 factors influence hygiene practices?
Personal
Social
Cultural
How does personal hygiene affect a person?
Comfort
Safety
We’ll being
What nursing activities could you inter grate during hygiene care?
Rom
Skin check
Applications of dressing inspection and care of IV
Name the 5 scientific knowledge base of hygiene.
- Physical hygiene is for comfort, safety, and we’ll being.
- I’ll pt require assist w personal hygiene
- Several influencing factors such as age and culture
- Good hygiene promote normal structure/function of tissue
- apply knowledge of pathophysiology to provide preventative hygiene care.
Function of skin.
- Protect, secretion, excretion, temp regulate. And sensation
What are the layers of skin?
Epidermis, shields underlying tissue
Dermis, contains bundles of collagen, nerve fibers, blood vessels, sweat glands, sebaceous glands and hair follicles
Subcutaneous, tissue just beneath the skin. Blood vessels, nerves, lymph, connective tissue filled w fat cells.
Several thin layers of epithelial cells make up outer layer or?
Epidermis
The normal nail is?
Transparent, smooth, and convex, with a pink angle bed and white tip.
Why can’t we wear artificial nails?
They harbor bacteria
What can disease do to nails
Change the shape, thickness, and curvature
Oral cavity is lined with what?
Mucous membranes
What can impair salivary secretion?
Medication, exposure to radiation,mouth breathing
What’s dry mouth
Inflammation of the gums
Tooth decay
Xerostomia
Gingivitis
Dental caries
Changes in mucous me brain indicate?
Pathology
Function of saliva
Cleanses mouth
Dissolves food chemicals to promote taste
Moistens food to form bonus
Contains enzymes to break down starch