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N300 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
LATEST UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (156)
1. social practices
-peers, living conditions, resources
2. personal preferences
-how/when to perform hygiene, shower vs bathe,
products
3. body image
4. socioeconomic status
5. health benefits and motivation
-how pt perceives benefit of hygiene
-willingness to change
-personal risk
What factors 6. cultural variables
influence personal -culture, religion, personal values
hygiene (8) 7. developmental stage
-neonates have thin skin vs
adults/adolescents use antiperspirant,
elderly adults have drier skin
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-mobility issues with caring for feet/nails or
mouth in elderly
-hair thinning over time
8. physical condition
-lack of energy or dexterity
-pain (surgical, arthritis) limiting ROM, tolerance,
sedation w meds
-cog def like dementia or stroke causing
forgetfulness, agitation etc
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1. self care pref/ability
2. skin
3. feet & nails
4. oral cavity
5. hair & scalp
6. ears/eyes/nose
7. use of sensory aids
Describe areas you 8. hygiene care practices
would evaluate in a 9. cultural influence
hygiene 10. risk for hygiene problems
assessment (14) 11. possible existing infections
12. recent travel history
13. med hx
14. stressors
-reduce anxiety & promote comfort
-assist them in performing it independently when
appropriate
What interventions -health promotion (education)
can you conduct -communicate: ask their preferences
when helping a pt
-adapt to the pt
with hygiene?
-infection prevention (clean to dirty,
multiple towels, change water and soap,
wear gloves, hand hygiene, protect
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and dress open wounds
1. Infectious agent: bacteria, viruses, fungi,
protozoa
2. Reservoir: living things, food, water, organic
matter, inanimate surfaces
Describe the chain of 3. Portal of exit: bodily fluids, skin,
infection mucous membranes, resp tract, GI
tract, reproductive tract, trans-
placental
4. Mode of transmission: direct contact/indirect
contact, vehicles, vectors
5. Portal of entry: same routes as exit
6. Host: someone at risk of infection
Describe droplet -coughing or sneezing w/n 6 feet
transmission, -private room/gloves/gown/HH
precautions and -meningitis, pertussis, flu
examples of
diseases
-in droplet nuclei or evaporated droplets,
Describe airborne small particles suspended in air during
transmission, cough or sneeze & aerosolized
precautions and -private room/negative pressure airflow, N95, HH
examples of diseases -measles, varicella, herpes zoster
Describe contact -touching, person to person
transmission,
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AM
N300 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
LATEST UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (156)
1. social practices
-peers, living conditions, resources
2. personal preferences
-how/when to perform hygiene, shower vs bathe,
products
3. body image
4. socioeconomic status
5. health benefits and motivation
-how pt perceives benefit of hygiene
-willingness to change
-personal risk
What factors 6. cultural variables
influence personal -culture, religion, personal values
hygiene (8) 7. developmental stage
-neonates have thin skin vs
adults/adolescents use antiperspirant,
elderly adults have drier skin
1/33
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AM
-mobility issues with caring for feet/nails or
mouth in elderly
-hair thinning over time
8. physical condition
-lack of energy or dexterity
-pain (surgical, arthritis) limiting ROM, tolerance,
sedation w meds
-cog def like dementia or stroke causing
forgetfulness, agitation etc
2/33
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AM
1. self care pref/ability
2. skin
3. feet & nails
4. oral cavity
5. hair & scalp
6. ears/eyes/nose
7. use of sensory aids
Describe areas you 8. hygiene care practices
would evaluate in a 9. cultural influence
hygiene 10. risk for hygiene problems
assessment (14) 11. possible existing infections
12. recent travel history
13. med hx
14. stressors
-reduce anxiety & promote comfort
-assist them in performing it independently when
appropriate
What interventions -health promotion (education)
can you conduct -communicate: ask their preferences
when helping a pt
-adapt to the pt
with hygiene?
-infection prevention (clean to dirty,
multiple towels, change water and soap,
wear gloves, hand hygiene, protect
3/33
, 8/21/25, 8:49
AM
and dress open wounds
1. Infectious agent: bacteria, viruses, fungi,
protozoa
2. Reservoir: living things, food, water, organic
matter, inanimate surfaces
Describe the chain of 3. Portal of exit: bodily fluids, skin,
infection mucous membranes, resp tract, GI
tract, reproductive tract, trans-
placental
4. Mode of transmission: direct contact/indirect
contact, vehicles, vectors
5. Portal of entry: same routes as exit
6. Host: someone at risk of infection
Describe droplet -coughing or sneezing w/n 6 feet
transmission, -private room/gloves/gown/HH
precautions and -meningitis, pertussis, flu
examples of
diseases
-in droplet nuclei or evaporated droplets,
Describe airborne small particles suspended in air during
transmission, cough or sneeze & aerosolized
precautions and -private room/negative pressure airflow, N95, HH
examples of diseases -measles, varicella, herpes zoster
Describe contact -touching, person to person
transmission,
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