Deck 8: Bathing, Bedmaking, and Maintaining Skin Integrity

Question 1

The main purpose for mitering corners if the sheet is flat is to

A)Secure the bottom sheets.
B)Make the corner look neat.
C)Keep bed linens tight.
D)Follow nursing protocol.

Answer 1

Keep bed linens tight.

Question 2

The RN observes two team members placing the bed clothes they have taken off a client's bed on the floor.The appropriate intervention is to

A)Bring the staff members a clothes basket and tell them to use it the next time.
B)Explain the principles of medical asepsis to both team members.
C)Tell them that this is unacceptable behavior and you will counsel both of them later.
D)Do nothing because the bedclothes are on their way to the laundry to be disinfected.

Answer 2

Explain the principles of medical asepsis to both team members.

Question 3

Number the body areas from 1 to 8 in the appropriate sequence for bathing a client.
_____ a.Feet
_____ b.Abdomen
_____ c.Face
_____ d.Arms
_____ e.Back
_____ f.Genital area
_____ g.Chest
_____ h.Axilla

Answer 3

a.6
b.5
c.1
d.2
e.7
f.8
g.4
h.3

Question 4

The appropriate,safe water temperature when bathing a client with a hydraulic bathtub chair should not be over .

Question 5

Explain briefly how the nurse would wash an infant's head.

Question 6

Place in order by numbering from 1 to 8 the steps in making an occupied bed.
_____ a.Remove bath blanket and straighten top sheet.
_____ b.Place client in side-lying position.
_____ c.Miter corner of bottom sheet.
_____ d.Miter corner of bottom sheet at head of bed.
_____ e.Roll client over linen to opposite side of bed.
_____ f.Loosen bottom linens on your side of bed.
_____ g.Place center fold of sheet in middle of mattress.
_____ h.Pull linen across mattress and straighten under client.

Question 7

Identify one safety factor when using a disposable bathing system.

Question 8

State at least five nursing interventions used to promote skin integrity.