9.client Hygiene and Skin Care
9.client Hygiene and Skin Care
9.client Hygiene and Skin Care
GNU 132
2/6/16
Unit XI – Client Hygiene;
and Skin Care
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Objectives
• Explain how assisting a client with their
personal hygiene provides opportunity for an
extensive assessment of their health status.
• Describe and demonstrate providing a
complete bed bath as for an unconscious
patient.
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Objectives
• Describe and demonstrate the precautions
used to minimise transmission of infection
during hygiene care
• Describe and demonstrate providing
appropriate assistance with a client’s personal
hygiene care for specialised areas: mouth,
eyes, hair, perineum, hands and feet.
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Objectives
• Explain why skin care is important
• Describe nursing interventions to provide
skin care for the bed-bound client.
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Assisting Client Hygiene
Personal hygiene for nurses and for clients is
especially important for these reasons:
1. Personal dignity and self-esteem
2. Infection control
3. Skin care and protection
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Client hygiene:
dignity and self-esteem
When assisting a client with personal hygiene the
nurse should promote their Self-esteem.
This is done by such things as:
Prepare the client; explain what you are doing and why.
(Even if the client is unconscious they may still be able to
hear you)
Ensure physical privacy (use a screen),
Check and follow client preferences (frequency of
and time for washing; type of assistance required)
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Client hygiene; infection control
Personal and environmental hygiene is
important in maintaining infection control. For
this reason:
Use a clean basin of fresh water for each client.
Towels and washing cloths should not be shared.
Clean all soiled areas of the skin and change
soiled linen.
Avoid contact with body fluids.
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Client hygiene:
body mechanics and bed mobility
The nurse should remember the principles of
Body Mechanics when assisting the client in order
to protect her/himself.
A client needing assistance with hygiene because
of limited mobility will need assistance with
Range Of Motion exercises.
During all client mobility especial care is needed
for I.V. lines, catheters, oxygen tubing, drains &
wounds .
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Client hygiene and assessment
Assisting a client with their personal hygiene
gives the nurse opportunity to:
assess all areas of the client’s skin
assess the client’s mobility and strength and
their tolerance of movement and exercise.
have private conversation with the client
about their health status and the effect of the
nursing interventions that have been given.
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“Bed baths”
‘Bed bath’ is the term used for hygiene care for
a dependent (unable to get out of bed) client.
Types of Bed baths include:
1. Complete bed bath
2. Self-help bed bath
3. Partial bed bath.
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1. Complete bed bath: process
The nurse (and/or family) washes and dries the
whole body of a dependent client in bed.
1) Prepare the equipment
1) Basin of clean warm water
2) Soap
3) Washing cloths and towels
4) Drapes to keep the client covered. Only
uncover the part of the client that you are
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washing and drying to maintain their dignity.
1. Complete bed bath: process
The nurse (and/or family) washes and dries
the whole body of a dependent client in bed.
2) Prepare the client and the environment.
2) Explain to the client and family what you are
doing.
3) Bring screen/s to ensure privacy and dignity.
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1. Complete bed bath: process
3. Wash and dry the client’s face and neck.
4. Wash and dry the arms and hands
5. Wash and dry the client’s chest and abdomen
6. Wash and dry the client’s legs and feet
7. Wash and dry the client’s back and then
perineum.
8. Assist the client into clean clothes and a
comfortable position.
9. Record in the patient file i) assessment data,
ii) the type of bath, iii) the type of exercises
done, iv) any other data.
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2. Self-help bed bath: process
• The client must stay in bed but is able to
wash him/herself with the nurse and/or
family helping to wash only the back and
perhaps the feet.
1) Prepare the equipment
1) Basin of clean warm water
2) Soap
3) Washing cloths and towels
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2. Self-help bed bath: process
2) Prepare the client and the environment.
2) Explain to the client and family what you are
doing.
3) Bring screen/s to ensure privacy and dignity.
3) Use this opportunity to:
2) Assess the client’s skin, and mobility
3) Have private conversation with the client
about their well being and the effects of care.
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3. Partial bed bath
• Only the parts of the client’s body that may
cause discomfort or bad smell or lack of self
esteem or poor health are washed.
• This usually includes:
Face and hands
Axilla
Perineum
Any areas soiled with body fluids.
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3. Partial bed bath: process
1) Prepare the client and the environment.
1) Explain to the client and family what you are
doing.
2) Bring screen/s to ensure privacy and dignity.
2) Use this opportunity to:
1) Assess the client’s skin, and mobility
2) Have private conversation with the client
about their well being and the effects of care.
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Assisting with Oral hygiene
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Client hygiene: skin care
• When assisting a client with their personal
hygiene gives the nurse should assess all areas
of the skin for:
• Colour
• Texture
• Turgour (fullness and moistness of the tissues below
• Temperature the skin surface).
• Intactness
• Lesions
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Client hygiene:
skin care
Clients with limited mobility
• have difficulty doing their own hygiene care
• are at greater risk for damage to the skin.
Assisting a client with their personal hygiene
gives the nurse opportunity to:
assess all areas of the client’s skin
check that the bed linen is smooth and clean.
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Skin care; and preventing damage
Damage to the skin may be caused by
Internal and/or External factors.
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Pressure areas
Pressure areas are protected through Care
Interventions; and Patient positioning
Care interventions:
observe for redness or darker colour of skin
in at-risk areas.
Gently massage those areas of skin with a
body lotion or cream.
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Regularly reposition the client
• A schedule can be made to turn the client
throughout his "awake" hours. The patient
should be rotated through four positions
(unless a particular position is
contraindicated).
1. Prone
2. Supine
3. Left Sim’s
4. Right Sim’s
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Prone position
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Supine position
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Sim’s position
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Regularly reposition the client
• Plan a schedule and follow it. Record the position
change each time to ensure that all positions are
used.
E.g. 1000-- Prone position
1200--Left Sim's position
1400--Supine position
1600--Right Sim's position
1800--Prone position
• If the client has developed pressure sores (‘decubitus
ulcers’) position changing should continue through
all of the 24 hour period
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Summary
The nurse may need to help clients to maintain
their personal hygiene as part of the health
care plan.
When assisting with client hygiene, the
principles of (i) dignity, (ii) respect, (iii)
communication, (iv) infection control and
(v) safe mobility must be practiced.
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Summary
There are three types of bed-baths:
Complete bed bath
Self-help
Partial
The client may need additional care with their
personal hygiene for their mouth, eyes, hair,
perineum, hands or feet.
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Summary
Skin care is especially required for the client
with limited mobility.
The areas at greatest risk for skin breakdown
are the areas where bones are prominent.
Pressure sores are prevented by:
Observation and gentle massage to those areas
Regular position changes.
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References
• Kozier, B., Erb, G., Blais, K. & Wilkinson, J.M.
Fundamentals of Nursing. 1995(5th Ed). Addison
Wesley Publishing Co. US
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