People demonstrate the concept of caring in many different ways and in many different aspects and situations of life. I am fortunate to have a very supportive family and I currently live at home with my parents and my siblings.  Living under one roof with eight other individuals can be very challenging.  Today, I demonstrated caring by performing the simple act of cleaning the bathroom.  There are only two full bathrooms in my house and one of them is attached to my parents master bathroom so access to that one is very limited.  It can be hard sharing one bathroom among four females and three males!  My brothers often forget to put the toilet seat up after use and are not very conscientious of proper hygiene. Cleaning the bathroom (even if I may not have contributed to much of the mess) shows caring because I in turn help to protect my sisters from infection since females are more susceptible to ailments such as urinary tract infections.
	I learned a lot of information about proper hygiene in a medical setting during my Fundamentals lab.  Many people do not really think about something as simple as proper hand washing.  For example, I had previously believed that it is best to wash ones hands with hot water to facilitate the killing of germs and bacteria.  It was interesting to learn that washing ones hands with tepid water is a better option because hot water can dry the skin out, make one more susceptible to skin break down, and even potentially cause burns.  Proper hygiene technique can and should be incorporated outside the patient care setting.  I was able to use the new information I learned while I was cleaning the bathroom in my house.  Utilizing proper hygiene techniques such as good hand washing displays respect for health promotion in the patient care setting, for ones loved ones, and also for the individual.  My primary goal is to practice new skills that are taught so that I get to the point where performing the skills becomes second nature.