Week 1 Test Review Flashcards
Describe contouring and what effects you get?
“Countouring” is a technique that involves darkening areas you want to define” Contouring with light colors broadens. Contouring with dark colors narrows
What is hygiene?
Hygiene is the science that deals with healthful living
What is oral hygiene?
Healthy teeth and fresh breath
What is public hygiene?
Practices that preserve the health of the community
What is ergonomics?
Science that looks at:
- how you work
- what body movements, positions, tools and equipment you use
- the effect these have on you and your clients health and comfort
How do you prevent neck and back strain?
- work with back straight, stand with feet parallel to hips
- keep back straight and abdominal muscles pulled in; sit squarely in chair
- hold back erect, bend at the knees, lift with your legs
- bend knees slightly, pull in abdominal muscles when reaching up; called a pelvic tilt
- stand on a footstool when reaching for supplies on a high shelf
- sit with legs uncrossed, feet flat on the floor
How do you prevent foot and leg problems?
- don’t stand or sit for long periods of time; change positions
- Wear comfortable rubber soles shoes or low broad heeled shoes
- use shock absorbing inserts inside your shoes
- use an anti-fatigue or comfort mat
- use support hose to reduce leg swelling
Recommendations to prevent food and leg problems (service specific)
- hydraulic chairs should adjust up and down at least 5”
- use a stool or moveable seat if necessary to rest your feet
- raise feet on a stool when you take a break
- adjust facial stool and facial chair or bed up or down
What’s the importance of exercise?
A regular exercise routine will help you feel look and work better
How many hours of sleep do you need and its importance?
6-8 hours of sleep helps keep fatigue away
- necessary for a healthy happy life
- helps relieve frustrations and tensions resulting from everyday activities
What is contained in foods?
Fats, proteins, carbohydrates
How does your body use calories?
The body uses this energy to:
- heat itself
- build its structures
- move its parts during exercise and activities
- energy may also be stored as fat
What is a podiatrist?
A Doctor Who treats the foot, ankle and related structures of the leg
What is an attitude?
The specific and identifiable emotion and/or reaction one experiences and projects in dealing with the demands of life
What is respect?
Feeling of deep admiration for someone or something
What is Self esteem?
-Confidence and satisfaction in one’s self
- powerful motivator to improve ourselves
What Is self respect?
- Pride in yourself
- behaving with honor and dignity
- choosing to become your own best friend
What is resilience?
The ability of a substance or object to spring back in to shape
How does creating a trusting atmosphere make people feel?
- people are more relaxed and natural
- co-workers help each other
What are appropriate topics of conversation?
-lifestyle
- salon related needs
- home care needs
What are ice breakers?
Can be questions that help become conversation starters or break the nerves between two or more people
What scheduling concerns are there?
- your client is late
-Your client is early - no show clients
- Your client’s appointment got mixed up with somebody else’s appointment
What is important about having a good diet?
Essential for:
- personal and professional well being
- providing energy for the body to use
- prevention of certain diseases
What is important about making eye contact?
Eye contact shows the other person that you are acknowledging them.
What is proximity?
Nearness of another to one’s personal space
What are habits?
Learned and reinforced through events in environment
- defined as a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur unconsciously
How do you build trust at work?
-Be courteous
- Be considerate
-Be sensitive to others feelings
- be interested in others thoughts
What is an open ended question?
A question that cannot be answered with just a yes, or no response. A question that could have unlimited possibilities.
What is a closed ended question?
A question where you can answer with a yes, or no response
What is a trust buster?
Someone who gossip has poor work ethic is very inconsistent and very self-absorbed
What is reflective listening?
Reflective listening is a communication strategy used to better understand a speaker’s idea by offering your understanding of their idea back to the speaker in order to confirm that the idea has been understood correctly.
How do you properly sit in a chair?
Back straight and all the way back to the back of the chair
- feet uncrossed and flat on floor
What is bursitis?
Bursitis is inflammation of the bursa, which is a small sack of liquid that cushion the bones, ligaments or joints
