- Describe hygienic care that nurses provide to clients.
- Identify factors influencing personal hygiene.
- Identify normal and abnormal assessment findings while providing hygiene care.
- Apply the nursing process to common problems related to hygienic care of the skin, feet, nails, mouth, hair, eyes, ears, and nose.
- Identify the purposes of bathing.
- Describe various types of baths.
- Explain specific ways in which nurses help hospitalized clients with hygiene.
- Describe steps for identified hygienic-care procedures.
- Identify steps in removing contact lenses and inserting and removing artificial eyes.
- Describe steps for removing, cleaning, and inserting hearing aids.
- Identify safety and comfort measures underlying bed-making procedures.
