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ATI Personal Hygiene Questions and
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A nurse observes and assistive personnel (AP) make a patients bed. Which of the following actions is appropriate for this task?
-The AP reuses the patients blanket and spread
-The AP makes a miltered corner with the blanket and spread
-The AP wears sterile gloves while making the bed
- The AP records the task when it is completed ✔✔The AP reuses the patients blanket and spread
An nurse is caring for a patient who is NPO and is refusing oral care. Which of the following is the appropriate response by the nurse?
-Oral care is still important even though you are not eating
-I'll give you a sip of water that you can swish around in your mouth and spit right back out
-We will wait until your family gets here to help
- Since you are not eating, we can wait and do it before bedtime ✔✔Oral care is still important
even though you are not eating
A nurse is assisting a patient with personal hygiene care. Which of the following actions by the nurse will reduce the risk of infection?
-Washing the eyes from the outer canthus to inner canthus
-Cleaning the least soiled areas prior to cleaning the most soiled
-Massaging reddened areas of the skin
-Washing the patient shoulders down to the fingertips with smooth short strokes ✔✔Cleaning
from the least soiled areas prior to cleaning the most soiled
While performing a complete bed bath for a patient, the nurse should... ✔✔Raise the room
temperature
A nurse is preparing to assist a patient with a tub bath. Identify the sequence of steps the nurse should take. ✔✔-Gather all necessary supplies
-Place rubber mat on floor
-Assist patient into the bathroom
-Give safety instructions
-Inform patient that they are to not stay in the tub longer than 20 minutes
A nurse is caring for an unconscious patient. Which of the following statements but the nurse indicates a good understanding of providing good oral hygiene for the patient?
-I'll swab the patients mouth with lemon-glycerin swabs
-Inform the patient when morning hygiene care is provided in the hospital
-Ask the patient in what order she typically performs her morning routine ✔✔Ask the patient in
what order she typically performs her morning routine
