NR 224: Fundamentals Skills (Quiz 2)
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Factors Influencing Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Social practices
2) Personal preferences
3) Body image
4) Socioeconomic status
5) Health beliefs and motivation
6) Cultural variables
7) Developmental stage
8) Physical condition
Personal Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWER - * influences patients' comfort, safety, and
well-being
* a variety of personal, social, financial, and cultural factors influence hygiene practices
* uses communication skills (listening, reflect, focus)
* integrate other nursing activities, including patient assessment and intervention
* always ensure privacy, convey respect, and foster a patient's independence, safety, and comfort
--- ROM, Assess Skin Integrity, Provide independency
Social Practices - CORRECT ANSWER - * social groups influence hygiene preferences
and practices (including products used and nature and frequency of personal care practices)
* family customs play a major role during childhood in determining hygiene practices, such as
frequency of bathing, time performed, brushing the teeth, or flossing performed.
,* Adolescence: peer groups and media often influence hygiene practices, and health education is
important (ex: young girls + menstrual hygiene), becoming more involved in personal
appearance, wear makeup
* Living conditions and available resources, limited finances and in homeless, poverty
Personal Preferences - CORRECT ANSWER - * How and when to perform hygiene and
grooming
* Some prefer showers over bathe, as well as choosing different products preferred and promotes
individualized care
* Culture plays a role in sensitivity to personal space and gender
* Safe and effective patient-centered nursing care improves patient satisfaction and health and
reduces costs
Body Image - CORRECT ANSWER - person's subjective concept of his/her body,
including physical appearance, structure, or function
Affects the way in which individuals maintain personal hygiene
* neatly groomed appearance: consider the details of grooming when planning care and consult
with the patient before making decisions about how to provide hygiene
* unkempt or uninterested groomed patients: need education about its importance or further
assessment regarding ability to participate with daily hygiene
Surgery, illness, change in emotional or functional status affects body image
Discomfort and pain, emotional stress and fatigue diminishes the ability or desire to perform
hygiene self care and requires extra effort to promote hygiene and grooming
, Socioeconomic status - CORRECT ANSWER - influences type and extent of hygiene
practices used; ability to regularly maintain hygiene
One may need to modify the home environment by adding safety devices such as nonskid
surfaces and grab bars, etc.
Difficult for patients to participate and take responsible roles in health promotion activities (basic
hygiene)
health beliefs and motivation - CORRECT ANSWER - motivation is the key factor in
hygiene
motivational interviewing- identifies how a patient perceives benefit in performing hygiene and
his/her willingness to change behavior
Patient perceptions of the benefits of hygiene care and the susceptibility to and seriousness of
developing a problem affect the motivation to change behavior (recognize the risk, action may be
made)
Cultural Variables - CORRECT ANSWER - cultural beliefs, religious practices, and
personal values influence hygiene care
different backgrounds follow different self care practices
Nursing Diagnosis associated with hygiene - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Activity
intolerance
2. Impaired dressing and grooming
3. Impaired mobility
4. Impaired health maintenance
5. Impaired skin integrity
6. Ineffective health maintenance
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Factors Influencing Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Social practices
2) Personal preferences
3) Body image
4) Socioeconomic status
5) Health beliefs and motivation
6) Cultural variables
7) Developmental stage
8) Physical condition
Personal Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWER - * influences patients' comfort, safety, and
well-being
* a variety of personal, social, financial, and cultural factors influence hygiene practices
* uses communication skills (listening, reflect, focus)
* integrate other nursing activities, including patient assessment and intervention
* always ensure privacy, convey respect, and foster a patient's independence, safety, and comfort
--- ROM, Assess Skin Integrity, Provide independency
Social Practices - CORRECT ANSWER - * social groups influence hygiene preferences
and practices (including products used and nature and frequency of personal care practices)
* family customs play a major role during childhood in determining hygiene practices, such as
frequency of bathing, time performed, brushing the teeth, or flossing performed.
,* Adolescence: peer groups and media often influence hygiene practices, and health education is
important (ex: young girls + menstrual hygiene), becoming more involved in personal
appearance, wear makeup
* Living conditions and available resources, limited finances and in homeless, poverty
Personal Preferences - CORRECT ANSWER - * How and when to perform hygiene and
grooming
* Some prefer showers over bathe, as well as choosing different products preferred and promotes
individualized care
* Culture plays a role in sensitivity to personal space and gender
* Safe and effective patient-centered nursing care improves patient satisfaction and health and
reduces costs
Body Image - CORRECT ANSWER - person's subjective concept of his/her body,
including physical appearance, structure, or function
Affects the way in which individuals maintain personal hygiene
* neatly groomed appearance: consider the details of grooming when planning care and consult
with the patient before making decisions about how to provide hygiene
* unkempt or uninterested groomed patients: need education about its importance or further
assessment regarding ability to participate with daily hygiene
Surgery, illness, change in emotional or functional status affects body image
Discomfort and pain, emotional stress and fatigue diminishes the ability or desire to perform
hygiene self care and requires extra effort to promote hygiene and grooming
, Socioeconomic status - CORRECT ANSWER - influences type and extent of hygiene
practices used; ability to regularly maintain hygiene
One may need to modify the home environment by adding safety devices such as nonskid
surfaces and grab bars, etc.
Difficult for patients to participate and take responsible roles in health promotion activities (basic
hygiene)
health beliefs and motivation - CORRECT ANSWER - motivation is the key factor in
hygiene
motivational interviewing- identifies how a patient perceives benefit in performing hygiene and
his/her willingness to change behavior
Patient perceptions of the benefits of hygiene care and the susceptibility to and seriousness of
developing a problem affect the motivation to change behavior (recognize the risk, action may be
made)
Cultural Variables - CORRECT ANSWER - cultural beliefs, religious practices, and
personal values influence hygiene care
different backgrounds follow different self care practices
Nursing Diagnosis associated with hygiene - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Activity
intolerance
2. Impaired dressing and grooming
3. Impaired mobility
4. Impaired health maintenance
5. Impaired skin integrity
6. Ineffective health maintenance
