Lab 8 (am Care) Flashcards
Principles of personal care (3)
Top to bottom
Far to near
Clean to dirty
Inner canthus of the eye
Where you start the wipe from
AM care wash consists of
Face, hands, axilla, pericare
If patient has a weak side, how do you dress them
Remove clothes from strong side
Dress weak side first
Implications and interventions: dry skin
May become infected if cracked
Bathing should be less
Drink more water
Use creams
Acne
Inflammatory skin eruption involving bacterial breakdown of sebum
Implications and interventions: acne
Can spread if squeezed or picked
Wash hair and skin each day
Use less cosmetics
Skin rashes
Skin eruption from sun or moisture of allergies
- may be flat of raised
- local or systemic
Implications and interventions: skin rashes
Don’t scratch
Wash area and apply lotion
Contact dermatitis
Inflammation of skin with erythema, pain, and oozing lesions
Implications and interventions: contact dermatitis
Usually hard to find source
Avoid causative agents
Psoriasis
Chronic skin condition
- abnormal skin growth
- inflammation
Abrasion
Rubbing away for the epidermis
- bleeding
- wound weeping
Impetigo
Red sores that can break and ooze
Contagious
Caused by strep, staph, or eczema
Hand foot and mouth disease
Unless caused by enterovirus
- sores on hand feet and mouth
