To best improve the bathing care provided by a particular staff member

To best improve the bathing care provided by a particular staff member, the nurse manager should:

1. Tell the staff member how to correctly give baths to clients
2. Provide the staff member with good resources to read on bathing clients
3. Ask another staff member to provide the unit’s bathing care in the afternoon
4. Assist and observe the staff member in the bathing care of a client on the unit

ANSWER

ANS: 4
Persons who do not experience care in their lives often find it difficult to act in caring ways. The nurse manager who demonstrates a bath acts as a role model and conveys the value of caring. The staff member may also feel more valued because the nurse manager took the time to be with the staff member individually.
Telling the staff member how to give baths is less apt to change behavior. The staff member needs to see why it is important before they are likely to be motivated to change his or her be-havior.
Providing staff members with resources to read does not ensure that the staff members will read them or change their behavior.
Asking another staff member to provide special skin care does not address the problem of poor hygienic care by the staff member.