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Palliative Mouth Care : Dry Mouth (Xerostomia) : Objectives for Care
Objectives for mouth
care include:
- promoting patient
comfort
- establishing and
maintain a clean oral cavity
- keeping the mucosa
moist
- preventing formation
of plaque, cavities, infections
- stimulating normal
tissue functioning
- preventing chapping
and injury to lips and surrounding area
Content for this flash card was provided by Pippa Hall, MD and Jay Lynch, RN; Curriculum Interchange Format CIF presentation methodology provided by Growth House, Inc.. For full credits click here.