{"id":296,"date":"2015-04-27T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=296"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:47:11","slug":"3-02-purpose-of-the-patients-daily-bath","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=296","title":{"rendered":"3.02 Purpose of the Patient&#8217;s Daily Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 5px solid #d20000; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                            <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P0N5KXDT_iE?si=eObWDh4ep9Ltj9Mk&amp;start=33\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<p>Removal of bacteria from the skin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Confinement in bed increases perspiration, and bacterial growth is stimulated by moisture.<\/li>\n<li>Skin irritation from hospital bed linens may result in skin breakdown and subsequent infection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Relaxation effect on the patient.<\/p>\n<p>Stimulation of blood circulation to the skin, respirations, and elimination.<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance of joint mobility.<\/p>\n<p>Improvement of the patient&#8217;s self-image and emotional and mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Providing the nurse with an opportunity for health teaching and assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Providing the nurse with an opportunity to give the patient psychological support.<\/p>\n<p>The process of building rapport may begin during the initial bath.<\/p>\n<p>The bath aids in the development of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship as the patient has the nurse&#8217;s undivided attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Removal of bacteria from the skin. Confinement in bed increases perspiration, and bacterial growth is stimulated by moisture. Skin irritation from hospital bed linens may result in skin breakdown and subsequent infection. Relaxation effect on the patient. Stimulation of blood circulation to the skin, respirations, and elimination. Maintenance of joint mobility. Improvement of the patient&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=296\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3.02 Purpose of the Patient&#8217;s Daily Bath<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-296","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions\/970"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}