PN1006- Session 5 PP (Personal Care)
Exam Questions And Answers
How can hygiene affect an individual? -
correct answer ✅Personal hygiene affects an individual's comfort,
safety, and physical and psychological well-being.
What influences hygiene practices? -
correct answer ✅A variety of personal, social, and cultural factors
influence hygiene practices.
What is involved with nursing care and hygiene? -
correct answer ✅- Therapeutic communication skills build a caring
therapeutic relationship during care.
- Patient assessment and interventions can occur during the
provision of personal hygiene.
- Independence is encouraged and promoted.
-Privacyisensured,respectisconveyed,and the patient's physical
comfort is fostered.
What does hygiene support and maintain? -
correct answer ✅- Supports physical and mental health
- Maintains skin integrity
,PN1006- Session 5 PP (Personal Care)
Exam Questions And Answers
What is to be remembered when performing hygiene on a patient?
-
correct answer ✅- Discuss health-related concerns
- Ensure privacy
- Discuss patient concerns
- Perform physical assessment
What are the functions of intact skin? -
correct answer ✅- Defense against infection
- Sensory perception
- Regulation of body temperature
What are benefits of bathing? -
correct answer ✅- Cleansing the skin
- Stimulates circulation
- Promotes ROM
- Reduces body odors
- Improves self image
, PN1006- Session 5 PP (Personal Care)
Exam Questions And Answers
How can you promote patient- centered care while performing
patient hygiene:? -
correct answer ✅- Take time to talk with the patient to identify
personal and cultural preferences for care.
- Before beginning any aspect of hygiene care, inform the patient of
the procedure and acknowledge his/her preferences.
- Taking the person's preferences into consideration promotes
patient-centered care.
- When possible, ask friends/family to bring in appropriate hygiene
soaps, oils, and creams not available in the health care setting.
- Use a calm and gentle manner, and a reassuring tone of voice.
What are safety measures while performing hygiene on patients? -
correct answer ✅- Some patients lack the physical energy or
functional status to perform self-care and are temporarily
dependent on others to enhance the healing and recovery process.
- Do not leave patients unattended because there is an increased
risk for falls.
- If the patient cannot participate, the family or significant other
may want to assist.
- Assist the patient and family to understand that a full bath 3 times
a week may be adequate for many older patients.
Exam Questions And Answers
How can hygiene affect an individual? -
correct answer ✅Personal hygiene affects an individual's comfort,
safety, and physical and psychological well-being.
What influences hygiene practices? -
correct answer ✅A variety of personal, social, and cultural factors
influence hygiene practices.
What is involved with nursing care and hygiene? -
correct answer ✅- Therapeutic communication skills build a caring
therapeutic relationship during care.
- Patient assessment and interventions can occur during the
provision of personal hygiene.
- Independence is encouraged and promoted.
-Privacyisensured,respectisconveyed,and the patient's physical
comfort is fostered.
What does hygiene support and maintain? -
correct answer ✅- Supports physical and mental health
- Maintains skin integrity
,PN1006- Session 5 PP (Personal Care)
Exam Questions And Answers
What is to be remembered when performing hygiene on a patient?
-
correct answer ✅- Discuss health-related concerns
- Ensure privacy
- Discuss patient concerns
- Perform physical assessment
What are the functions of intact skin? -
correct answer ✅- Defense against infection
- Sensory perception
- Regulation of body temperature
What are benefits of bathing? -
correct answer ✅- Cleansing the skin
- Stimulates circulation
- Promotes ROM
- Reduces body odors
- Improves self image
, PN1006- Session 5 PP (Personal Care)
Exam Questions And Answers
How can you promote patient- centered care while performing
patient hygiene:? -
correct answer ✅- Take time to talk with the patient to identify
personal and cultural preferences for care.
- Before beginning any aspect of hygiene care, inform the patient of
the procedure and acknowledge his/her preferences.
- Taking the person's preferences into consideration promotes
patient-centered care.
- When possible, ask friends/family to bring in appropriate hygiene
soaps, oils, and creams not available in the health care setting.
- Use a calm and gentle manner, and a reassuring tone of voice.
What are safety measures while performing hygiene on patients? -
correct answer ✅- Some patients lack the physical energy or
functional status to perform self-care and are temporarily
dependent on others to enhance the healing and recovery process.
- Do not leave patients unattended because there is an increased
risk for falls.
- If the patient cannot participate, the family or significant other
may want to assist.
- Assist the patient and family to understand that a full bath 3 times
a week may be adequate for many older patients.
