Making the Bed & Bathing the Patient

Making a Bed

1. Why do we need to know how to make an unoccupied and occupied bed?

-Learning the proper procedure for making a bed helps to ensure the patients comfort and sense of well being. The bed is an important part of the patient's home environment. Some patient's will spend most of the day in bed.

 

2. How does making a bed help in the fast recovery of our patient?

-To provide, rest, comfort and safety to the patient. To help him have a good relaxed sleep.

3. As a good home nurse, how will you be able to render your services to your patient through bed making?

-Having skills like clinical skills, critical thinking skills, supervisory skills and organization skills. These skills will help you render your services to your patient.

Bathing the Patient
 

1. Why do you need to give a bath to the patient?

-So that the patient will be clean and feel fresh. Also the dirt all over his body will be washed away. Some elderly people are given bed baths because they are unable to complete this task on their own.

2. What are the materials needed for bed bath or sponge bath?

-Warm water, a basin, towel & soap.

 

3. What’s the importance of using a urinal or bedpan?

-A patient who is unable to get up to the bathroom for the purpose of urination or of defecation will use a bedpan or urinal. A bedpan is a device for receiving feces or urine from either male or female patients confined to bed and a urinal is a device for collecting urine from male patients. Using a bedpan or urinal is a private and personal procedure and it is important to make the environment as private as possible.

Reference:

(http://www.sharecare.com/question/why-need-use-bedpan-urinal) 

4. What do you mean by back rub?

 -Massage is the manipulating of superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue using various techniques, to enhance function, aid in the healing process, decrease muscle reflex activity, inhibit motor-neuron excitability, promote relaxation and well-being, and as a recreational activity.

Reference:

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massage)

 

5. How do you differentiate cold compress from hot compress?

-Cold compress is dipped into cold water while hot compress is dipped into warm water. It is both applied into a body part especially when you have fever.