Health Assessment · Module 14 · Hygiene, mobility, skin integrity and core skills

Hygiene, Mobility, Skin Integrity and Core Skills Walkthrough

Muscle: strength falls roughly 1 to 1.5% per day , close to 10% in a week.
Bone: demineralizes about 1% per week .
Joints: foot drop (plantar flexion contracture) can become fixed in a week or two.
Lungs: shallow breathing collapses dependent alveoli: atelectasis first, pneumonia after.
Veins: stasis joins vessel injury and hypercoagulability ( Virchow's triad ) and clots form.
Also: orthostatic hypotension, constipation, urinary stasis and stones, and pressure injury.

Watch a bed bath become a skin survey, see what bed rest does to each body system, follow a patient through orthostatic checks, lifts and fall screening, stage pressure injuries by the deepest tissue, and practice the checks that keep medications, catheters and handoffs safe. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

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