Title: Demonstrate how to perform a back massage.
Course: Nurse Aide (14051) > Section: Unit VIII: Personal Care Skills

Demonstration should include

- identifying oneself and explaining the procedure
- following safety procedures (e.g., washing hands, wearing gloves, locking bed wheels)
- providing for privacy
- massaging the base of the spine, upward toward the shoulders, massaging the shoulders and back, down toward the base of spine
- massaging around but not over bony prominences
- removing lotion, repositioning the resident, and returning the bed to its original position.