A nurse is observing a nurse aide perform denture care for a resident in the nursing home. The nurse recommends that the nurse aide receive additional education on denture care when the nurse observes which of the following?
a. The nurse aide places a face cloth in the sink and fills the sink half full with water.
b. The nurse aide uses toothpaste to clean the dentures.
c. The nurse aide utilizes a specially designed denture brush to clean the dentures.
d. The nurse aide stores the dentures in a denture cup filled with denture cleansing solution.
ANS: B
Toothpaste is not used to clean dentures since it abrades denture surfaces. All of the other op-tions are correct steps in the process to cleanse dentures.
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