Title: Describe actions the nurse aide can take to prevent pressure sores.
Course: Nurse Aide (14051) > Section: Unit VIII: Personal Care Skills

Description should include

- performing regular skin checks
- keeping skin clean and dry
- turning and repositioning immobile residents regularly, following the safety guidelines
- encouraging mobile residents to change position frequently
- using positioning devices
- performing range of motion exercises
- massaging healthy skin
- encouraging healthy diet and hydration.