good afternoon youtube welcome back to my youtube channel thank you again for tuning in this is miss
henderson today i am going to be demonstrating to my cna class how to perform density care as always
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please like and share and drop your comments below so denture care is one of um prometric skill so
i create these videos just to help students to um prepare them to do their um statement exam so
that being said let's dive into the skill so the first thing you want to do is not can i come in
patient said yes hi good afternoon my name is miss henderson and i am your cna today today
i am here to clean your dentures and your gum is that okay with you he said yes okay i'll be
right back i'm going to go wash my hands 15 to 20 seconds wash my hand and gather my equipment
so the equipment for this procedure i have a protective barrier to place over my patient
i have the patient denture cups i have water and listerine solution i have um listerine swabs
i have toothpaste i have toothbrush to clean the dentures and i have gloves so let's go miss
wash my hands i come back hi you mr jones hi mr jones what is your date of birth october 4th 1949
so mr jones i am going to clean your denture is that okay with you he said yes
i'll be right back i'm just going to go to the sink so i could wash your dentures
and then i'll come back and i'm going to clean your gums if that's okay with you
he said yes so i'm going to proceed to walk to thee
because that's what i need to clean the denture i'm going to place a
barrier in the sink so if my denture falls i can protect my um my denture from breaking
take the denture out of the cup throw this water wash the cup
three times disinfect the cup fill the cup up with half of cold water place it down here
now i am going going to clean his
dentures the toothbrush
clean the denture in a circular motion make sure you get all surfaces of the
dentures
place the denture into the denture cup
cover your toothpaste wipe the denture cup with a
clean rag place it here at this time i'm going to remove my gloves
wash my hands
make sure you remove this soil the the barrier that you place in the sink
put that in the dirty hamper wash your hands
now you're getting ready to come back to your
patients
would you like me to place your denture cup do you
wanted me to place it in the drawer you want me to place it next to your
yours your bed table he said he wants me to place it here so i'm going to place it there so
mr jones i'm getting ready to do your um
your mouth your mouth here just to um clean your gums and make sure your gums are clean and healthy
is that okay with you i'm gonna close the privacy curtain lock the bed lock the bed for safety and
i'm going to raise the bed to working level so i did that i'm getting ready to clean his gums now
the first thing i want to do is i want to place a barrier
to protect my patient's clothing mr jones i'm placing a barrier i am going to
take my emesis basin place it on
right here i have my listerine swabs that i'm going to clean his um his gums with
i have two cups one with a listerine solution and another one with water for him to gargle
so mr jones can you open your mouth i'm just going to take the listening swabs
and i'm going to clean the upper the upper and the lower lower gums take another one
clean this side upper
lower expose that
mr jones here is some listerine a solution so can you gargle and just spin it out in here
okay good here is some water can you gargle and spit it out in here very good
and the last listerine swab i am going to use to um
to clean his uh town can you stick out your tongue mr jones so i can clean your tongues
okay good very good here is some listerine water do a final gargling
make sure to spit it out into the emesis basin
some water gargle spit it out into the listerine basic at this time i'm going to remove my
i'm going to proceed to wipe my patient's um face i'm going to remove this barrier
and replace it into the dirty hamper mr jones i have your um coral belly here
just call me i'm gonna go and i'm gonna wash up your um your stuff remove everything and
wash it up so i can have it clean so at this time i go back to the sink i um
wash the emesis basin clean it disinfected wipe it with a dry piece of paper towel and place it back
into its designated area throw away these into the trash all these goes into the trash okay barrier
i'm going to take my gloves off throw this in the trash and i'm going to wash my hands 15 to
20 seconds now i come back to my patient jones you're nice and clean how did your gum feel
say whoa my gums feel very good i'm going to place my bed into the lowest position here is your
call belt follow me if you need any help do you want to watch tv or you want to read a magazine
he said he is just going to relax okay so my bed is in lowest position my call bell is within reach
my barriers have been withdrawn and at this moment i will take a few seconds i'm going to try to
review if i forgot anything if i didn't forgot anything then i can tell my
evaluator my skin is now completed guys that's it for this video thank you so much for um
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