Basic Care Module
Skills to be included in Basic Care:
- Handwashing
- Standard precautions
- Patient identification
- Place patient on bedpan
- Pericare
- Comfort bath or bedbath
- Back rub
- Replace patient gown
- Linen change
- Range of motion (ROM)
- Positioning
- Oral Care
- Nail care
- Hair care
- Shave
- Ask your nurse about shaving patient
- Do not shave patients on antiocoagulants
- Always ask before shaving patients of other cultures
- Transfer from bed to chair or chair to bed
- Safety precautions, including raising side rails, lowering height of bed, placing call light within reach.
- Use of proper body mechanics