Nursing Students Student Assist
Published Aug 30, 2007
Cinqly, BSN, RN
358 Posts
Hi all. We are covering our first unit on hygiene and skin care in our skills lab, and one question is kind of throwing me off. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
List 3 reasons why it is important to maintain skin integrity?
My answers
1) defense against infection (protection)
2) awareness of touch, pain, heat, cold, and pressure
3) control of body temperature
I picked these answers because they were listed after skin integrity was mentioned. However, our book is NOT clear when it comes to defining terms or associated topics.
Daytonite, BSN, RN
1 Article; 14,604 Posts
from page 537 of saunders comprehensive review for the nclex-rn examination, 3rd edition, by linda anne silvestri:
another resource i have (pages 77-78, modern medical language, by c. edward collins and juanita j. davies, west publishing company, 1996) simply says that the skin: