Basic Care and Comfort 2 Elimination and Personal Hygiene
We continue our series in Basic Care and Comfort with Elimination and Personal Hygiene
Elimination
A great explanation with some terms you’ll need to know / be aware of.
https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/elimination/
Types of Enemas and Irrigations –
A great page (about bowel elimination – with pictures ) https://www.rnpedia.com/nursing-notes/fundamentals-in-nursing-notes/bowel-elimination/
Colostomy irrigations – https://www.registerednursern.com/colostomy-irrigation-for-nurses/
Personal Hygiene
A review of personal hygiene –
https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/personal-hygiene/
Post Mortem Care –
Saunders – page 275 and 276
And a post about it – http://www.rncentral.com/blog/2012/the-patient-has-passed-but-the-nurse-is-not-done/
