Personal careQuestion 331 of 1700
You are giving a full bed bath. Before you turn the resident to wash the back, what do you do?
- Lower both of the side rails
- Remove the bath blanket from the resident’s body
- Put up the rail on one side of the bed
- Ask the resident to sit up in bed
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Correct answer: Put up the rail on one side of the bed
You raise a rail, move to the other side, then roll the resident toward the rail.
Source: Nursing Assistant (Reuter), 5.10: Skills Checklist- Full Bed Bath
Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026