PCT Bathing

Which of the following is true about bathing?

• Important to a patient's overall heath and comfort

• Encourages good personal hygiene habits

• Good for a patients circulation

• Can be embarrassing and frustrating for a patient

• All of the above

Helping a patient with bathing provides an opportunity to develop and strengthen trust between a patient and a healthcare worker

• True

• False

At what temperature should bath water be?

• 105-110 F

• 40.5-43.3 C

• 40.6-40.3C

• 105-108 F

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The assistant bathes the patient's entire body is known as (what type of bath) ?

The assistant prepares the equipment, assists the patient to the bathroom, and helps as needed depending on the patient. (what type of bath)

The patient is able to perform some of much of the bathing

Which of the following should be done before performing a bed bath?

• Provide privacy for the patient

• Close windows and doors

• Offer the bedpan or urinal

• Explain the procedure

• All of the above

Which part of a complete bed bath procedure is most likely to help build trust between the patient and assistant?

• Taking care to always cover the patient as much as possible and as soon as an area is clean and dry

• Providing hand and nail care

• Cleaning and replacing equipment when finished with it

Which of the following is the wrong way to wash a patient's body?

• Top to bottom

• Clean area to dirty area

• Dirty area to clean area

• Front to back

• All of the above

During a partial bath, the assistant bathes all areas of a patient's body.

• True

• False