Title: Explain routine personal care for both morning and bedtime.
Course: Nurse Aide (14051) > Section: Unit VIII: Personal Care Skills

Explanation should include

- early morning care (after waking, before breakfast)
  - going to the bathroom
  - washing hands and face
  - mouth care
- morning care (preparing for the day)
  - take resident to the bathroom and assist with elimination
  - assist with washing hands, mouth/denture care, bathing, dressing, hair care, shaving, hand care, foot care, and make-up
  - provide a back rub
  - make the bed and tidy the room
- evening care (preparing for bedtime)
  - offer bedtime snack and fluids
  - take resident to the bathroom and assist with elimination
  - assist with bathing, removing make-up, washing hands and face, mouth/denture care, hair care, dressing in night clothes
  - provide a back rub
  - prepare the bed and tidy the room.