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Helping with a person's personal hygiene gives the nurse a chance to:

undertake some routine work.have a chat with the person.have a chat with other nurses.observe the person for changes in their condition.

Personal hygiene is:

a basic human right for all people.a fundamental nursing duty.a way to preserve health.all of the above.

Assessment of personal hygiene:

is something that should be approached in a person-centred way.should be multi-disciplinary.should be a collaboration between the patient and carers (formal and informal carers).is totally unnecessary.

Who of the following is responsible for maintaining personal hygiene?

The patient's relativesThe patientQualified nursesHealth care assistants

Giving choices:

slows up the procedure.is not really that important as the nurse makes all the decisions.is a waste of time.gives the patient control over what is happening to them.

Which one of the following does a therapeutic approach to washing and dressing take into account?

What equipment could be usedWhere the task should take placeThe patient's needs and abilitiesAll of the above

Bed bathing:

is never used when caring for patients with mental illness.is rarely used in today's healthcare.is only used for terminally ill people.is as important today as it was in the past.

Compression stockings are used in which one of the following ways?

To treat venous ulcersTo treat odemaFollowing surgeryAll of the above

When must compression stockings be worn?

Day and night but removed for up to 30 minutes every 24 hoursDuring the day and removed at nightContinuously from when they are prescribedDuring the night and removed at day

To maintain oral hygiene the nurse needs to:

make sure the person has the equipment they need to clean their teeth or dentures.provide mouth care for a person who is unable to do so themselves.check for signs of mouth cancer.supply all of the above.

The principles of infection control:

are evidence based guidelines.are different to universal precautions for infection control.should be applied to all practice, routine or specialised.are common sense.

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