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Personal Hygiene Care for Patients: Best Practices and Considerations, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive overview of best practices and considerations for personal hygiene care of patients, covering topics such as bed making, oral care, bathing, and skin care. It addresses key nursing actions and rationales to reduce the risk of infection, maintain patient comfort, and promote overall well-being. A range of scenarios, including caring for npo patients, unconscious patients, and those requiring frequent linen changes due to excessive diaphoresis. By studying this document, healthcare professionals can enhance their knowledge and skills in delivering high-quality personal hygiene care to patients, ultimately contributing to improved patient outcomes.

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2024/2025

Available from 10/28/2024

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ATI Personal Hygiene Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
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?
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ATI Personal Hygiene Questions and

Answers 100% Pass

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