Section: 8.14 - Facilitating Hygiene | Fundamentals of Nursing | NextGenU.org
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Student Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the health benefits and significance of hygiene related to disease prevention.
- Describe the essential elements of personal hygiene optional health (skin, oral, nail and hair care, toileting, etc.).
- Address hygiene as it relates to skin breakdown in at-risk clients: (impaired mobility, immunocompromised, incontinent, cognitive impairment).
- Describe the general best process/routine in providing daily hygiene to a hospitalized client.
- Discuss the nurse’s role in hygiene education.
Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 41 minutes.
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Required Learning Resources and Activities
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Read: The entire article. (21 minutes)
StatPearls [Internet] -
Read: How to maintain privacy and dignity when providing personal care. (4 minutes)
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Supplementary Resource
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Read the entire PDF
Wiley Blackwell
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Slide Deck Presentation
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Clinical Skills
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Quiz Unit
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Quiz: Unit 8.14
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