Hygiene is defined as the science of health, encompassing various types such as social, industrial, school, and personal hygiene, which contribute to overall well-being. Importance lies in maintaining health, promoting comfort, and improving quality of life; factors influencing hygiene practices include personal preferences, social influences, socioeconomic status, health beliefs, cultural values, and physical conditions. Nurses play a critical role in assessing and providing personalized hygienic care, guiding patients towards independence and integrating medical knowledge for effective hygiene practices.
Type of hygiene
Socialhygiene is the control of all the factors in a
person’s physical envt that have, or can have a
damaging effect on their physical mental or social well
being.
Industrial hygiene is about prevention of ill health
caused by work
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School hygiene orschool health is an imp branch of
community health, which facilitates optimum health to
school children
Personal hygiene implies to those principles of
physical cleanliness and mental health including
spiritual health. It is defined as the healthy practices
and lifestyle help in maintenance and promotion of
individual health physically, emotionally, socially and
spiritually.
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Importance of
hygiene
 Ithelps maintenance of physical and psychological homeostasis
 It helps to promote individual comfort, safety, and well-being
 Healthy hygienic practices and technique, provides economy of
time , material and energy
 The nurse need to collect further information about the patients
identified problems.
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Factors influencing hygienepractices
 Personal preference
Each individual has his own desire and preference about when to bath, shave
and to perform hair care. Same way each individual select different product
according to the personal preferences ,need and financial resources. The nurse
assists the client in delivering individualized care to the client
 Social practices
Social group influence hygiene practices and preference. During adolescent year,
hygiene practices my be influence by the peer group behavior. During adolescent
year, work group and friends shape the expectation of people and in the older
adult hygiene practices may change because of living conditions and available
resources.
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 Socioeconomic status
Thetype of extent of hygiene practices are influenced by a persons economic
resources. The nurse determines which product / supplies , the client can afford
 Health belief and motivation
Knowledge & motivation regarding the importance of hygiene for wellbeing influence
hygiene practices.
 Cultural beliefs
A client’s cultural beliefs and personal values influence hygiene care.
 Physical condition
Physical limitation or disabilities often lacks the physical energy to perform hygiene
care , eg. a client with traction or who has an intravenous line , will need assistance
for hygiene maintenance.
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Purposes of maintainingpersonal
hygiene
To prevent illness
To promote good health
To improve the standard of health
To maintain quality life of an individual
To promote mental well being
To promote social and spiritual health
To improve self esteem in society
To maintain resistance and prevent from illness
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Role of nursein
personal hygiene
 Direct provision of hygienic care provides the nurse with an idea for daily
assessment of the patient’s physical and emotional state.
 The process of daily bathing, oral hygiene ,care of hair, nail and massage
etc forms a vital part of nurse patient relationship
 The nurse should assess the need of the patients and identify related
nursing problems.
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 The nursehas to implement the nursing care plan to provide optimum
quality of nursing care for individual pt.
 The nurse also participate in carrying out the physician’s order and inform
the physician about patients observation and information about the pt.
 The nurse also has to motivate the patient to resume independence and
responsibility for care as condition permits
 The nurse must apply knowledge of pathophysiology to provide good
preventive hygienic care. The nurse has to integrate knowledge of
anatomy , physiology , and pathology during hygienic care.