LESSON ASSIGNMENT
LESSON 3
Advanced Principles of Patient Hygiene.
LESSON ASSIGNMENT
Paragraphs 3-1 through 3-14.
LESSON OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
3-1.
Determine purposes for giving a patient a bath.
3-2.
Identify conditions, which encourage skin
breakdown.
3-3.
Identify interventions, which can prevent skin
breakdown.
3-4.
Identify patient needs to consider and
observations to make during the bathing
procedures.
3-5.
Identify the principles of mouth care, to include
the patient with dentures, the patient with mouth
complications, and the unconscious patient.
3-6.
Identify the principles and reasons for the back
massage.
3-7.
Determine guidelines for shaving a male patient.
3-8.
Determine guidelines for performing perineal
care.
3-9.
Identify principles for and purposes of hair care.
SUGGESTION
After studying the assignment, complete the exercises
at the end of this lesson. These exercises will help you
to achieve the lesson objectives.
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