NSE 12A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stomatitis, Narcolepsy, Ramadan
10 Jan 2017
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Discuss the role that the nursing process and critical thinking play in the provision of oral hygiene. Individualizing care because no two patients perform hygiene in the same manner. Helps to maintain health state of mouth, teeth, gums, lips, and tongue. Relieves discomfort from bad breath and taste. Complete oral hygiene enhances wellbeing and comfort and stimulates the appetite. Describe components of inspection and assessment of the oral cavity that a nurse performs as part of the provision of oral hygiene. Proper oral care decreases risk of aspiration and nosocomial infections in ventilated patients. Describe conditions that place clients at risk for oral hygiene problems and discuss their related implications and interventions. Side effects of medications, lack of knowledge, inability to perform hygiene, or a physical condition that potentially injures the skin or other structures. Inability to use upper extremities due to paralysis, weakness, or restriction (ex cast) Dehydration, inability to take fluids or food by mouth.
