FINGERNAIL CARE

1. Explains procedure, speaking clearly, slowly and directly, maintaining face-to-face contact whenever possible
2. Before immersing fi ngernails, checks water temperature for safety and comfort and asks client to verify comfort of water
3. Basin is in a comfortable position for client
4. Puts on clean gloves before cleaning fi ngernails
5. Fingernails are immersed in basin of water
6. Cleans under each fingernail with orangewood stick
7. Wipes orangewood stick on towel after each nail
8. Dries fingernail area
9. Candidate feels each nail and files as needed
10. Disposes of orangewood stick and emery board into waste container (for testing purposes)
11. Empties, rinses and dries basin
12. After rinsing basin, places basin in designated dirty supply area
13. Disposes of used linen into soiled linen container
14. After cleaning nails and equipment and disposing of used linen, removes and disposes of gloves (without contaminating self ) into waste container and washes hands
15. Signaling device is within reach