Making the Bed & Bathing the Patient

Making a Bed

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

It’s simply because it is one of the factors to make the patient feel comfortable. Unoccupied and occupied bed are different things. It involves different procedure. You must always know how to make the unoccupied bed, cause it involves the basic procedures. When you already know how, it’s time to level up your knowledge and try to make the occupied bed. You must always get a companion to do it.

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

Making a bed is making your patient more comfortable. The patient needs comfortable bed to lessen the pain and make them recover faster. Just think of it; the patient usually lay in their bed because they are sick. Now you can see and answer it for yourself why.

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

You must have the patience to do it. Bed making is not that easy. It requires you to understand and consider your patient’s situation or condition. Make them feel that every procedure you make is your love you are giving them. Make them feel that you belong together. And by these steps, you can show or render your services to your patient.

Bathing the Patient

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

Just imagine yourself not taking a bath for a day. How do you feel? You feel gross and not relaxed at all. So, the importance of bathing a patient is to relax, to cleanse, to circulate their blood, and also to remove dirt causing bacteria.

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

You basically need sponge, towel, water and yourself. You need patience after all. You must feel the patient’s condition and you must always be careful. So that everything will be alright. And time will be over and sickness will be over too.

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

The importance is that, the patient will not be able to exert more effort in going to the comfort room. It is more convenient to use it because all you need is to understand the patient and be cool. Just keep calm and administer them.

4.      What do you mean by back rub?

Back rub is cleansing the back of the patient. It is refreshing and relaxing. You need an alcohol or baby oil to sooth the patient’s feeling.

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

Cold compress is used when the patient is sick. While hot compress is used when he/she is injured or suffering from accident.