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science of health |
hygiene |
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self-care measures that people use to maintain their health |
personal hygiene |
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a group of techniques that inhibit the growth and spread of pathogenic microorganisms. sometimes referred to as clean technique |
medical asepsis |
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early morning care, morning care/after-breakfast care, afternoon care, evening care/hour-before-sleep (HS) care is known as |
hygiene care schedule |
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capable of causing disease |
pathogenic |
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a bath that bathes the perineal and anal areas to clean and aid in reducing inflammation |
sitz bath |
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a bath that is an option to relieve tension or lower body temperature |
cool water tub bath |
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a bath to reduce muscle tension |
warm water tub bath |
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bath that helps relieve muscle soreness and muscle spasms |
hot water tub bath |
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a bath for totally dependent patients and require total assistance |
complete bed bath |
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bath for seriously or critically ill patient, with body parts that are inaccessible to the patient |
towel bath |
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bath to reduce elevated temperature of patients who are febrile |
tepid sponge bath |
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determine skin condition by checking patient's ______ |
patient's skin color, texture, thickness, turgor, temperature, and hydration |
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_______ skin has the following characteristics: -intact without abrasions - warm and moist - localized changes in texture across surface - good turgor; generally smooth and soft - skin color variations from body part to body part |
normal skin |
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what is the ultimate goal regarding pressure ulcers? |
prevention |
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when do pressure ulcers occur? |
when there is sufficient pressure on the skin to cause the blood vessels in an area to collapse |
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pressure is usually most severe over what part(s) of the body? |
bony prominences (e.g., sacrum, ischial tuberosities, trochanteric areas of the hips, heels, and malleoli of the ankles) |
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what means applied forces or pressure exerted against the surface and layers of the skin as tissue slides in opposite but parallel planes |
shearing forces |
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what means the rubbing of skin against another surface thus removing layers of tissue |
friction |
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what patients are at risk for pressure ulcers |
chronically ill, disabled, older, and incontinent patients |
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stage ___ pressure ulcer is localized area with skin intact and nonblanchable redness |
stage I pressure ulcer |
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stage ___ pressure ulcer involves partial-thickness loss of dermis, appears as a shallow, open ulcer without bruising |
stage ii pressure ulcer |
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stage ___ pressure ulcer involves full-thickness tissue loss where subcutaneous fat is sometimes visible, but bone, tendon, and muscle are not exposed |
stage iii pressure ulcer |
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stage ___ pressure ulcer involves full-thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, tendon, or muscle |
stage iv pressure ulcer |
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pressure ulcer involves full-thickness tissue loss, a wound base covered by slough and/or eschar in the wound bed |
an unstageable pressure ulcer |
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care of the oral cavity |
oral hygiene |
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a set of artificial teeth not permanently fixed or implanted |
dentures |
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patients with bleeding disorders or taking anticoagulants need to use ___ to shave |
electric razors |
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care of the genitalia |
perineal care |
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act of emptying the urinary bladder |
urinations |
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the act of eliminating feces |
defecation |
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device for receiving feces or urine from patient confined to bed |
bedpan |
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a device for collecting urine from male patients confined to bed |
urinal |
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characteristics of normal urine |
-pale, straw color to amber -transparent at time of voiding -faintly aromatic odor |
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characteristics of normal stool |
-brown -odor affected by food types -soft, formed consistency -frequency ranges from once a day to two or -three times a week -resembles shape of rectum |
