Basic Care Essentials Flashcards
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- Nutrition Food and fluid intake, which the LPN assists with, records as intake, and reports when the client eats poorly.
- Mobility How well a client moves and transfers; the LPN reinforces the prescribed activity level and reports any decline.
- Hygiene Bathing, oral, perineal and skin care; routine LPN work that doubles as a skin-integrity check.
- Elimination Bowel and bladder output, which the LPN measures, records, and reports when the pattern changes.
- Comfort Physical and emotional ease; the LPN delivers comfort measures and records the client’s own pain rating.
- Ambulation Assisted walking; the LPN ambulates stable clients with a gait belt and reports any dizziness or unsteadiness to the RN.
- Positioning Placing the client in body alignment to support comfort, breathing, and healing.
- Rest Sleep and quiet recovery time; the LPN clusters care and limits interruptions to protect it.