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ATI PERSONAL HYGIENE LATEST STUDY NOTES 2021

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ATI PERSONAL HYGIENE LATEST STUDY NOTES 2021h hygiene - personal maintenance of cleanliness hypoallergenic - unlikely to cause an allergic (hypersensitivity) response incontinence - involuntary rel... ease of urine from the bladder or feces via the anus incontinent pad - disposable material with waterproof backing placed under a patient's buttocks to contain body fluids ingrown toenail - painful condition in which the corner or side of a toenail grows into the soft flesh of that toe labia - folds of skin on either side of the vaginal orifice lunula - active area of nailbed growth at the base of the fingernails and toenails maceration - softening or dissolution of tissue after lengthy exposure to fluid mucosa - the moist inner lining of various tubular structures, including the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines neuropathy - any of numerous disturbances or pathologic changes in the peripheral nervous system, most often affecting sensation NPO - nothing by mouth, derived from the Latin words nil per os open bed - a bed prepared in a hospital room with the top covers folded back to make it easy for the patient to get into the bed palate - the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity, comprised of the hard palate (in the front of the mouth, separating cavities of the mouth and the nose) and the soft palate (the fleshy portion that separates the mouth from the pharynx) pediculosis - lice infestation perineum - area between the anus and the posterior portion of the external genitalia periodontal - surrounding or near a tooth periodontitis - inflammation or degeneration of the tissues surrounding the teeth plantar wart - a skin lesion on the sole of the foot typically caused by any of the human papillomaviruses sebaceous gland - oil-secreting organ of the skin sebum - fatty lubricant secreted by the skin's sebaceous glands semi-Fowler's position - position with the head of the bed raised approximately 30 degrees smegma - thick, cheesy secretion that accumulates under the labia minora or the male for [Show More]

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