What Should the Nurse Teach the Mother to Properly Promote

question 17

Multiple Choice

What should the nurse teach the mother to properly promote personal hygiene?

• A) Tub bathing is permitted even in late pregnancy unless membranes have ruptured.
• B) The perineum should be wiped from back to front.
• C) Bubble bath and bath oils are permissible because they add an extra soothing and cleansing action to the bath.
• D) Expectant mothers should use specially treated soap to cleanse the nipples.

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Definitions:

Glucocorticoids

A class of steroid hormones that play a role in regulating glucose metabolism, anti-inflammatory actions, and immune responses.

Metabolism

The successive transformations to which a substance is subjected from the time it enters the body to the time it or its decomposition products are excreted, and by which nutrition is accomplished and energy and living substance are provided.

Protein

A nutrient found in foods such as eggs, meat, fish, legumes, and soy products that provides energy to the body.

Fat

A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies and plants, serving mainly as a reserve of energy.