Hygiene and comfort procedures.

Assisting with patient selfcare to maintain cleanliness, comfort and physical ease to promote health and wellbeing.
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Providing hair care

* DEFINITION : Hair care is the regular maintenance and grooming of a patient’s hair to ensure hygiene, comfort, and health. This includ...

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Providing genital care /hygiene perennial care

⁕ DEFINITION : Genital care involves thorough cleansing of external genitalia and surrounding skin. ⁕ PURPOSES : 1. To promote patie...

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Performing nail and foot care

⁕ DEFINITION : It refers to the cleaning of hands and feet of a patient to prevent infection and maintaining skin integrity and hygiene....

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Bathing A patient in a bed

⁕ DEFINTION: Cleansing the entire body of a dependent patient in bed. ⁕ PURPOSES : 1. To remove transient microorganisms, body secr...

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Oral care for an unconscious patient

* DEFINITION : Performing mechanical cleansing of the teeth and the mouth for an unconscious patient. * PURPOSES: 1. To maintain integ...

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Bed preparation (Open, occupied, postoperative, cardiac bed)

* DEFINITION : • Open bed: A bed prepared with fresh linens ready to receive a new patient. • Occupied bed: A bed made while the patie...

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Discharge of the patient from hospital

DEFINITION : The discharge of a patient from hospital is the formal process of releasing the patient from inpatient care, allowing th...

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Admission of the patient in hospital

⁕ DEFINITION : The admission of a patient in hospital can be defined as allowing a patient to stay in the hospital for observation, inv...

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