personal hygiene Flashcards
It is the nurse’s responsibility to provide the opportunity for hygiene.
personal hygiene
The skill may be delegated but not always, depends on facility policy.
personal hygiene
Health Care Advantage
- Provides an opportunity to develop a meaningful health care-patient relationship.
- Provides an opportunity for assessment of the patient including the condition of the patient, psychosocial and learning needs.
what are the purpose of bathing?
- Cleanse the skin.
- Stimulation of circulation.
- Improve self-image.
- Reduction of body odors.
- Promotion of Range of Motion.
Purpose of Bathing
- Cleanse the skin.
- Stimulation of circulation.
- Improve self-image.
- Reduction of body odors.
- Promotion of Range of Motion.
Scientific Knowledge Base
- Physical hygiene is necessary for comfort, safety, and well-being.
- Ill patients require assistance with personal hygiene.
- Several factors influence a patient’s hygiene practices, such as culture and age.
- Good hygiene techniques promote normal structure and function of tissues.
- Apply knowledge of pathophysiology to provide preventive hygiene care.
Nursing Knowledge Base
- Factors influence a patient’s personal hygiene.
- Use communication skills to promote the therapeutic relationship.
- During hygiene, assess:
- Emotional status.
- Health promotion practices.
- Health care education needs.
What are the factors influencing hygiene?
- social patterns
- personal preferences
- body image
- socioeconomic status
- health beliefs and motivation
- cultural variables
- developmental stage
- physical condition
Ethnic, social, and family influences on hygiene patterns.
social patterns
Dictate hygiene practices.
personal preferences
A person’s subjective concept of his or her body appearance
body image
Influences the type and extent of hygiene practices used.
Socioeconomic status
Motivation is the key factor in hygiene.
Health beliefs and motivation
People from diverse cultures practice different hygiene rituals.
cultural variables
Affects the patient’s ability to perform hygiene care.
developmental stage
May lack physical energy and dexterity to perform self-care.
physical condition
Critical Thinking
- Integrate nursing knowledge.
- Consider developmental and cultural influences.
- Think creatively.
- Be nonjudgmental and confident.
- Draw on your own experiences.
- Rely on professional standards.
