Importance of Personal Cleansing & Dressing in Nursing Care

This nursing assignment discusses the importance of personal cleansing & dressing in nursing care. It covers the process of assessment, planning, and evaluation of nursing care. The report also highlights the use of clinical assessment tools and Roper Logan & Tierney Model of Nursing. The article emphasizes the need for proper hygiene and daily activities to avoid future infections and promote overall well-being.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Part 1.......................................................................................................................................2
Part 2.......................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Nurses help a person who is facing from any dilemma by identifying all the relevant
information at the time of assessment of activities of an individual. The personal cleansing &
dressing is a common practice of nurses that helps in finding out any potential patient health
or any difficulties in performing the activity of living. The outcomes are analyzed and actions
are planned that includes nursing planning, intervention and evaluation. The personal
cleaning and dressing is a way to reduce the chances of future infections and stop it for re-
occurring. Thus this report covers all the activities that should be into consideration to avoid
future illness in the patient,
Part 1
Nursing is an art to apply all the scientific principals in a humanitarian way so that a
proper care is provided to people. The nursing practicing is a process that serves the
framework for practicing the care among life of people. Nurses use a problem solving
approach that enables them to find out all the potential risks that are associated in their health
(Hunt, 2016, pp. 32). Once the risk is identified their daily activities are observed so that a
plan could be designed to care in an appropriate manner. There is various kind of information
that nurses gather during the assessment of the person’s activity of living. One such is
personal cleansing & dressing that is used to discover any potential patient health problems or
any difficulties faced while performing the activity of living (Yang, et. al, 2018, pp.67).
The ability to provide personal cleansing and dressing is a fundamental need as it
reduces the risk of infections and injuries. It promotes physiological, social, culture and
overall well-being of an individual. There are few activities that nurses consider about

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patients to figure out the health issues associated with it. The daily activities include the
movement time of people in bed to sleep and their dressing and personal hygiene habits. The
personal hygiene covers the bathing habits, grooming and oral care of a person. The dressing
habit includes the ability to make right dressing decision (Sibbald,et. al, 2018, pp. 300).
Nurses look after all the past experiences of people and chances of reoccurring so that
precaution could be taken accordingly. It is important for nurses to undertake such theories as
it support the patient to achieve independence at every stage of care. This could be achieved
by maintaining proper cleansing, dressing, and eating, breathing habit (Yang, et. al, 2018,
pp.67). While nurses undertake the assessment of patient they evaluate the patients on the
basis of its body temperature, sleeping habits, eating and drinking nature, hygiene, breathing
and dressing habits. Then only a framework is used for planning and implanting the care
process (Swann, 2015, pp. 565). Thus to reduce the chances of infection in patient from the
environment proper personal cleaning and dressing pays an important role. At initial phase
nurses use a process of communication for assessing the patients and their issues. The
planning care of a patient is developed after gathering information about all the factors. The
nurses undertake personal dressing and cleansing to find out that the wound is better than
before or there are any severe issues that have started (Swann, 2015). While assessment
nurses find out that there is an improvement in the illness than before. They also gather out
the behavior of a person and comparing it with the information that was gathered at first
experience. They also find out the patient past history and checking out the current status of
illness and injury (Sowan, 2014, pp. 530). The past history helps in finding out the
complications in the case. The body temperature of person along with respiratory rates is
tested. The heart rate and blood pressure is checking out on every meeting to monitor the
changes that are happening in the body (Debra, Beth and Grotts, 2016, p. 363). While
practicing dressing nurses practicing good hygiene and practice appropriate dressing

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technique. While undertaking dressing of the patients nurses take into account the type of
wound and the condition of the illness so that a care plan could be designed (Stonehouse,
2017, pp. 455). The dressing is done by using proper cotton bandages and tubular so that they
are no future chances of infections. The dressings of a person is changed at every met so that
safety measures are taken into account. Clinical assessment tools are often used as a part of
the nursing process and care pathways. They may be considered as a modern addition to
nursing models that enable the nursing process. Various clinical tools are used that aim to
ensure that care is reliable and it is appropriate for the patient (Karakurt, et. al, 2017, pp. 79).
The assessment tools are beneficial as it provides a baseline to measure all the variations
about the illness. The health status of a patient can be figured out after the assessment process
and then an improvement or deterioration of patient’s health can be figured out. Personal
hygiene is important for patient so that cleansing activities include (Grimston, Butler and
Copnell, 2018). There are various activities that need to be analysed by the nurses. Personal
cleaning and dressing is independent and important part of hygiene activities and the second
thing is intervention of nurses at time of care (Karakurt, et. al, 2017, pp. 80). The assessment
process is done according to the guidelines where patients are checked on all the safety
measures so that a care plan could be developed.
Part 2
After the assessment nurses need to plan and evaluate the outcomes for betterment.
Thus nurses play and important role in promoting the prevention of disease. The role of
nurses is to deal with all the complex situation and make patient free from illness The
characteristic of patients are analysed than a care plan is designed by estimating the care time
per patient. The estimated time is assigned to nurses to provide them with personal care
(Jangland, Kitson and Muntlin, 2016, pp.796). The set of activity is identified and is grouped
into few categories. The direct patient plan, collective care, general task as well as other task

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are identified (Juvé‐Udina, et. al, 2014, pp. 67). The direct patient care is given by nurse to a
single patient instead of offering care in group. Some of the activities that are defined by
nurses to improve the performance is assisting patient with bathing, eating and sleeping
habits (Feo, Kitson and Conroy,2018, pp. 47).The nurses make sure that proper activities are
undertaken like a medication course is given on time to time bases. It is important that nurses
undertake a proper assistance by making sure that bathing is carried out daily. So that there
are no chances of infections to penetrate in the body and medication is also carried out on
time to time so that fast recovery take place. The theme of assessment is supporting patient
by in cultivating hope in them by understanding their issue and focusing on patient’s quality
of life (Feo, Kitson and Conroy,2018, pp. 48). The nurses actions are quiet strict so that faster
recovery can be obtained. The nursing plan provides a direction for the care by defining
various activities. Like patient should be regular for their check-up so that dressing and
cleaning is done daily. Otherwise it can lead to intense wound and that can cause severe
problem.
The nursing plan is created but it is dependent on various factors. Thus this is carried
out step by step. The first part is diagnosing that is used to determine the problems and
condition of the patient and all the issues are listed so that appropriate care is given to patient.
The assessment of patient helps in making a complete diagnosis (Woo, 2015, pp. 1978). The
assessment covers the psychological, sociocultural and economic data of all the life activities
(Dementiacarenotes 2016). Once the assessment and diagnosis is done the next step is to map
a short term as well as long term goals so that all the negative outcomes could be controlled
by starting up a prescription plan. The nursing interventions are the part of evaluation care
plan in this all the actions are based on the evaluation part. The plan of patient is adjusted
according to its condition of patient and the records gained so far (Ylönen, et. al, 2014, pp.
194). The cleansing and dressing of the patient is planned according to the past

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documentation. The nursing plan evaluation is carried out by conducting conferences, oral
reports or communication so that information flow is facilitated between nurses and patient
(Woo, 2015). Nurses develop a care plan by using appropriate technology and accessing the
patient by monitoring them regularly.
The personal cleaning and dressing process is focused on defining the wound,
identifying the entire factor because of which wound can get affected, and then selecting up
an appropriate treatment method so that healing process could be covered. The overview of
wound and dressing aims in selecting a best care module . Nurses take care of various things
like the type of tissue the volume and its consistency should be proper. The per wound
condition is also taken into consideration that is the area the wound. Few steps that nurses
should follow at time of assessment are selecting a best tissue type, taken care of wound
exudate and the ain level of patient. Patient identification includes data such as age, gender,
underlying diseases, wound aetiology and type of dressing used in the treatment. Once it is all
finalised a documentation of the progress is prepared so that medical records could be
prepared and nursing care and assessment could be done.
The nurses also follow some activities like them first introduce themselves to patients and
them confortable. The surrounding also maintained neat and tidy by avoiding the chances of
future consequences. Nurses also wash their hands on every sitting of dressing so that
spreading of germs is avoided (Ylönen, et. al, 2014, pp. 194). The dressing is done by using
a clean trolley by using a detergent and using gloves to protect it from spreading. The old
dressing is directly disposed so that cases of infections is avoided.
The personal cleansing and dressing is done by selecting a correct dressing type and material
so that it covers the entire location of the wound. The patient should make changes in the
daily activity as defined by nurses. The fluid intake and output should be considered by also

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observing the unwanted effects. A proper intake of food need to be adopted so that chances of
cross infection and risk of disease could be avoided. It is important to connect with the
patient in order to understand them.
Thus the daily activities of a person are changed as they are suggested to take
important consideration on hygiene so that better health outcomes could be achieved. The
conditions that might affect the wound are described, so that no such activities are practised .
The nutritional needs of the client is taken into consideration and making sure that they take
care of proper intake.

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Conclusion
From this report it can be clearly stated that nurses should gather and iidentify all the
relevant information at the time of assessment of the person’s activity of living. The main
focus is on the importance of personal cleansing & dressing as it helps in discovering the
potential of patient’s health problems or any difficulties in performing the activity of living.
From the outcome of assessment actions are identified by the nurses, Roper Logan & Tierney
Model of Nursing is also used. It somewhere helped in identifying the nursing actions that
would assist the person with the activity of living. The actions include nursing planning,
intervention and evaluation. It can be concluded that there are various changes that need to be
adopted in daily activities. The appropriate measures should be used to promote comfort
sleep and rest. Nurses identify all the shortcomings that are faced so that manageable plans
are designed accordingly.

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