MM - Pt Hygiene and Mental Health

What are the important aspects of personal hygiene and care for patients?

• Exercising, eating healthy, and getting enough sleep

• Watching TV, playing video games, and using social media

• Bathing, oral care, grooming, dressing, and maintaining a clean environment

• Ignoring personal hygiene and care altogether

How can a nurse assist a patient with activities of daily living?

• By ignoring the patient's needs and focusing on other tasks

• By teaching the patient how to perform the tasks independently

• By refusing to help with any activities of daily living

• By providing help with tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, and mobility.

What are the key comfort measures that can be provided to patients?

• Isolation, neglect, discomfort, lack of empathy

• Loud noises, bright lights, uncomfortable temperature, lack of privacy

• Pain relief, hygiene, comfortable environment, emotional support

• Surgery, medication, physical therapy, bed rest

What are the steps involved in maintaining hygiene for bedridden patients?

• Regularly changing bed linens, assisting with bathing and grooming, keeping the patient's skin clean and dry, and providing oral care are some of the steps involved in maintaining hygiene for bedridden patients.

• Not assisting with bathing and grooming

• Leaving the patient in soiled linens

• Not providing any oral care

Describe the role of a nurse in assisting a patient with bathing and grooming.

• The nurse only provides assistance with bathing and grooming if the patient requests it

• The nurse is responsible for completing all bathing and grooming tasks for the patient

• The nurse does not play a role in assisting with bathing and grooming

• The nurse assists the patient with bathing and grooming by providing privacy, ensuring safety, and promoting independence when possible.

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

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

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