Hygiene Care

What is personal hygiene and how does it contribute to health and disease prevention? In this lesson, we are going to review the importance of hygiene care and identify risk factors for poor or underdeveloped hygiene practices.  Nursing interventions to aid clients in performing these important activities of daily living, or ADLs, will also be reviewed along with how to assess if a client requires assistance performing hygiene care.

Learning Objectives:

Upon the completion of this lesson, learners will be able to:

1. List the components of personal hygiene
2. Identify factors that can influence personal hygiene
3. Recognize the components of a self-care assessment
4. Determine priority nursing interventions regarding self-care and hygiene