Hygiene Practice Questions

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Hygiene Practice Questions
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Which is the first assessment the nurse should
make when planning to meet the hygiene needs of a
patient?

• Determine the patients preferences about hygiene
  practices
• Assess the patients ability to assist in hygiene
  activities
• Recognize the patients developmental stage
• Collect toiletries needed for the bath

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• Determine the patients preferences about hygiene
  practices

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The primary purpose of providing hygiene to a
patient is to

• Support a sense of well-being by increasing
  self-esteem
• Remove excess oil, perspiration, and bacteria by
  mechanical cleansing
• Promote circulation by stimulating the skins
  peripheral nerve endings
• Exercise muscles by contraction and relaxation of
  muscles when bathing

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• b. Remove excess oil, perspiration, and bacteria
  by mechanical cleansing

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Which defining characteristics would support the
nursing diagnosis Self-Care Deficit
Bathing/Hygiene?

• Presence of joint contractures
• Inability to wash body parts
• Postoperative lethargy
• Visual disorders

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• b. Inability to wash body parts

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Which action best supports a principle associated
with asepsis when bathing a patient?

• Wearing clean gloves when washing the perineal
  area
• Having the patient void before beginning the bed
  bath
• Replacing the top covers with a clean flannel
  bath blanket
• Washing from the outer canthus to the inner
  canthus of the eye

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• Wearing clean gloves when washing the perineal
  area

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The most important reason why the nurse washes a
patients extremities from distal to proximal is
to

• Decrease the chance of infection
• Facilitate removal of dry skin
• Stimulate venous return
• Minimize skin tears

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• c. Stimulate venous return

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Which action describes aseptic technique when
making a patients bed?

• Positioning a soiled linen hamper inside the
  doorway to a patients room
• Containing soiled linen in a pillow case resting
  on a patients bedside chair
• Washing hands after disposing of a patients
  linen in a soiled linen hamper
• Using sterile gloves when changing linen soiled
  by a patients sanguineous drainage

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• c. Washing hands after disposing of a patients
  linen in a soiled linen hamper

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A nursing diagnosis that would be most
appropriate for a preoperative patient who is NPO
would be risk for

• Injury
• Disuse Syndrome
• Impaired Social Interaction
• Altered Oral Mucous Membranes

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• d. Altered Oral Mucous Membranes

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The nursing diagnosis of most concern for a
patient incontinent of urine and stool would be
risk for

• Disuse Syndrome
• Deficient Fluid Volume
• Impaired Skin Integrity
• Altered Sexuality

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• c. Impaired Skin Integrity

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To distribute oil evenly along hair shafts the
nurse should

• Brush from the scalp toward the hair ends
• Lift opened fingers through the hair
• Shampoo the hair once a week
• Use a fine-tooth comb

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• Brush from the scalp toward the hair ends

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Which condition would place a person at the
highest risk for self-care toileting and
elimination problems?

• Amputation of a foot
• Early dementia
• Fractured hip
• Pregnancy

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• c. Fractured hip

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Which type of bath would a physician most likely
order for a patient who has had perineal surgery?

• Sponge bath
• Tub bath
• Bed bath
• Sitz bath

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• d. Sitz bath

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Which is the most important when making an
unoccupied bed?

• Position the call bell in reach
• Place a pull sheet on top of the draw sheet
• Ensure that the bottom sheet is free of wrinkles
• Complete on side of the bed before completing the
  other side

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• c. Ensure that the bottom sheet is free of
  wrinkles

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Which would be the most appropriate nursing
intervention for a hospitalized patient with the
nursing diagnosis, Self-care deficit bathing
related to hemiparesis secondary to cerebral
vascular accident?

• Encourage a family member to bathe the patient
• Provide minimal supervision during the bath
• Give total assistance with a complete bath
• Assist with the bath as needed

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• d. Assist with the bath as needed