Morning care is a name for what nurses do for patients in the morning. This includes activities such as brushing the patients' teeth, giving them a bath, taking their temperature, checking equipment, and replenishing IV bags. The arrival of a nurse for morning care can be both a source of hope and dread, depending on what a patient is sick from. It helps refresh the patient and provides general comfort.
It can also be commonly named and utilized in nursing homes or facilities that care for the elderly. Most morning care duties are also known as activities of daily living (ADL's) and are mostly performed by PSW's (personal support workers) and are performed before breakfast. These duties include:
- Mouth care (brushing teeth/denture care)
- toiletting
- washing face
- getting dressed
- brushing hair
Famous quotes containing the words morning and/or care:
“I had a long day’s work, starting at eight in the morning and ending after nine at night, but in those days [we] ... did not think of our day in terms of hours. We liked our work, we were proud to do it well, and I am afraid that we were very, very happy.”
—Louie Mayer (b. c. 1914)
“I don’t mind their having a lot of money, and I don’t care how they employ it,
But I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it.”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)