Hygiene Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Hygiene Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Define Hygiene - Answer-Hygiene refers to practices that promote health through personal cleanliness Name five hygiene practices that most people perform regularly - Answer-Bathing Oral Care Hair Care Eye Care Shaving Nails / Feet Maintaining hearing aids, glasses, contact lenses, artificial eyes Give two reasons why a partial bath is more appropriate than a daily bath for older adults. - Answer-Partial baths clean only the dirtiest areas: perineum area, armpits, & face hands. Older adults get dry skin frequent washing with soap depletes oil from the skin it is not always necessary For patient who cannot tolerate a full bath or don't want or need a full bath. List at least three advantages of towel or bag baths. - Answer-uses a special soap that doesn't need to be rinsed. Helps to stimulate the skin Quick and easy to do Name four visual and hearing devices - Answer-glasses contacts artificial eyes hearing aids: in-the-ear, canal aids, behind-the-ear, body aid devices infrared listening devices List two alternatives for clients who cannot insert or care for their own contact lenses - Answer-Wear glasses The nurse can take them out for the client or should consult the client's ophthalmologist or optometrist about alternatives to promote adequate vision and safety Discuss four reasons for sound disturbances experienced by people who wear hearing aids and troubleshooting procedures - Answer-Decreased Sound: Weak batteries, incorrect battery position, cracked tubing, broken wire, increased ear wax, increased congestion secondary to respiratory infection. Garbled Sound: Dirty, large amount debris, cracked case. Shrill Noise: Not fully inserted, kinked tubing, excessive volume, left on when not in ear. Describe different types of hearing aid devices - Answer-in-the-ear, canal aids, behind- the-ear, body aid devices, infrared listening devices - External-small, self-contained, fits just outside ear. Internal-small, self contained, fits entirely in the ear. - Behind ear, Larger, self-contained. Fits behind ear with connector. Consists of microphone and amplifier worn behind the ear which delivers sound to receiver within ear