While Evaluating the Hygienic Care Practices of a Female Patient,the

question 41

Multiple Choice

While evaluating the hygienic care practices of a female patient,the nurse recognizes that additional instruction is necessary if the patient:

• A)washes the perineal area from back to front.
• B)washes the labia majora before the labia minora.
• C)avoids tension on the indwelling catheter.
• D)uses separate sections of the washcloth for each cleansing stroke.

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Definitions:

Spinal Cord

A long bundle of neurons that carries messages between the body and the brain and is responsible for very fast, lifesaving reflexes.

Size Constancy

A perceptual process by which humans perceive objects as having a constant size, despite changes in the distance from which we view them.

Retinal Disparity

The slight difference in the images projected on the two retinas, which contributes to depth perception in binocular vision.

Stereopsis

The perception of depth and three-dimensional structure obtained on the basis of visual information deriving from two eyes by individuals with normally developed binocular vision.