amount of help needed by the patient with his morning bath and whether a partial or complete bath is to be given. There is also a section in which suggestions for nursing care or the patient's preferences can be listed. In preparing the assignment sheet, the head nurse or the nurse-in-charge refers to the nursing care cards as she lists each patient in one of several groups. She assigns one or more of these groups and one of the lists of special duties to each nurse, Special duties include tasks, such as caring for