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NAA 100--Exam #2 Study Guide Questions
and Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: Hygiene
ANS 🗹🗹: Promotes comfort, safety, and health. Besides cleansing, good hygiene
prevents body and breath odors. It is also relaxing and increases circulation.
Q: How do you meet a resident's hygiene needs?
ANS 🗹🗹: Follow the nurse's directions (nursing process) and the care plan.
Q: Position of head for oral care on the unconscious
ANS 🗹🗹: Turn head to the side.
Q: Powder
ANS 🗹🗹: Applied under the breasts, under the arms, and in the groin area, and
sometimes between the toes. Absorbs moisture. Prevents friction when two skin
surfaces rub together.
Q: Partial Bath
ANS 🗹🗹: Before leaving room, make sure resident can reach all necessary
equipment and has the signal light within reach.
Q: Charting
ANS 🗹🗹: If you don't chart it, it didn't happen. So chart everything.
Q: Grooming Measures
ANS 🗹🗹: Include hair care, shaving, and nail and foot care. They prevent infection
and promote comfort. They also affect love, belonging, and self-esteem needs. Note:
do not do nail/foot care of diabetics.
Q: Changing Clothing
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ANS 🗹🗹: Remove clothing from the strong or good side first (unaffected side). Put
clothing on the weak side first (affected side).
Q: Causes of Skin Injury
ANS 🗹🗹: Surgery, trauma, pressure ulcers, decreased blood flow through the
arteries or veins, and nerve damage.
Q: Major threat of skin injuries
ANS 🗹🗹: Infection. Wound care involves preventing infection and further injury to
the wound and nearby tissues. Blood loss and pain also are prevented.
Q: Skin Tears
ANS 🗹🗹: A break or tear in the outer layers of the skin and are portals of entry for
microbes. Infection is at risk. Skin tears can be caused by:
* Friction, shearing, pulling, pressure on the skin
* Falls or bumping a hand, arm, or leg on any hard surface. Beds, bed rails, chairs,
wheelchair foot plates, and tables are dangers.
* Holding the person's arm or leg too tight
* Removing tape or adhesives.
* Bathing, dressing, and other tasks.
* Pulling buttons and sippers across fragile skin.
* Jewelry--yours or the person's.
Q: Persons at risk for skin tears
ANS 🗹🗹: * Those who need some to total help in moving.
* Those who have poor circulation.
* Those who have poor hydration.
* Those who have altered mental awareness.
* Those who are very thin.
Q: Circulatory Ulcers
NAA 100--Exam #2 Study Guide Questions
and Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: Hygiene
ANS 🗹🗹: Promotes comfort, safety, and health. Besides cleansing, good hygiene
prevents body and breath odors. It is also relaxing and increases circulation.
Q: How do you meet a resident's hygiene needs?
ANS 🗹🗹: Follow the nurse's directions (nursing process) and the care plan.
Q: Position of head for oral care on the unconscious
ANS 🗹🗹: Turn head to the side.
Q: Powder
ANS 🗹🗹: Applied under the breasts, under the arms, and in the groin area, and
sometimes between the toes. Absorbs moisture. Prevents friction when two skin
surfaces rub together.
Q: Partial Bath
ANS 🗹🗹: Before leaving room, make sure resident can reach all necessary
equipment and has the signal light within reach.
Q: Charting
ANS 🗹🗹: If you don't chart it, it didn't happen. So chart everything.
Q: Grooming Measures
ANS 🗹🗹: Include hair care, shaving, and nail and foot care. They prevent infection
and promote comfort. They also affect love, belonging, and self-esteem needs. Note:
do not do nail/foot care of diabetics.
Q: Changing Clothing
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ANS 🗹🗹: Remove clothing from the strong or good side first (unaffected side). Put
clothing on the weak side first (affected side).
Q: Causes of Skin Injury
ANS 🗹🗹: Surgery, trauma, pressure ulcers, decreased blood flow through the
arteries or veins, and nerve damage.
Q: Major threat of skin injuries
ANS 🗹🗹: Infection. Wound care involves preventing infection and further injury to
the wound and nearby tissues. Blood loss and pain also are prevented.
Q: Skin Tears
ANS 🗹🗹: A break or tear in the outer layers of the skin and are portals of entry for
microbes. Infection is at risk. Skin tears can be caused by:
* Friction, shearing, pulling, pressure on the skin
* Falls or bumping a hand, arm, or leg on any hard surface. Beds, bed rails, chairs,
wheelchair foot plates, and tables are dangers.
* Holding the person's arm or leg too tight
* Removing tape or adhesives.
* Bathing, dressing, and other tasks.
* Pulling buttons and sippers across fragile skin.
* Jewelry--yours or the person's.
Q: Persons at risk for skin tears
ANS 🗹🗹: * Those who need some to total help in moving.
* Those who have poor circulation.
* Those who have poor hydration.
* Those who have altered mental awareness.
* Those who are very thin.
Q: Circulatory Ulcers
