The health care provider makes a client’s bed with safely and comfort in mind. The sheets must always be clean, dry, and wrinkle free. Whenever a client’s bed in soiled, it must be changed. The sheets should be straightened out and tightened periodically throughout the day to keep them wrinkle free. When clients are not allowed out of bed, the nurse must make an occupied bed. Whenever a client can get out of bed, an unoccupied bed should be made and left open with the top sheets folded down. When a client is discharged and housekeeping cleans the unit, the bed is made with the top sheets left up. This is known as closed bed. For client who have gone to the operating room or a procedural area, the nurse fanfolds the top sheet lengthwise without tucking them in to facilitate the client’s return to bed. This is called a postoperative or surgical bed.
UNOCCUPIED BED
Special Consideration:
1. Before starting the procedure see to it that all linen are on hand and arranged according to use.
2. If the bed is of the Hi-Low Type, adjust the height accordingly.
3. Finish one side of the bed at a time.
4. Remember that placement of the rubber sheet will depend upon the client need.
5. Leave the client’s until in order.
6. Apply the principles of body mechanics while you are making the bed.
Equipment: Assemble of the bedside and arranges according to use the following:
2 Bed sheets 1 Bedspread (optional)
1 Rubber sheet 1 Pillowcase
1 Draw sheet 1 Mattress cover (if necessary)
OCCUPIED BED
Definition: a bed that is made with the patient on it.
Purpose:
a. To change wet or soiled beddings for the safety and comfort of the patient.
b. To provide a change of position and to afford an oppurtuinity to inspect the client’s body.
Equipment: arrange at the bedside and in order of use the ff:
2 Bed sheets 1 Rubber sheet (if it needs changing)
1 Draw sheet 1 or more pillow cases
Procedure in Making an Occupied Bed
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