We Make The Bed
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ScribdTranslationsSHOULD WE MAKE THE BED?
1.- How should an unoccupied open bed be made?
This procedure is performed when any of these situations occur: bed that is prepared for a newly
admitted patient, bed that is empty after the patient is discharged, bed of a patient who can get up
and walk around while the unit is being arranged.
Material
Two sheets, one fitted and another top.
Cotton or wool blankets.
Quilt.
Pillow and cover.
Mattress cover.
Dirty clothes bag.
Disposable gloves.
Procedure
Wash your hands and put on gloves.
Place all the material on a chair or at the foot of the bed, in the order in which we will place it.
Place the bed in a horizontal position.
Remove the quilt and blanket.
If they are going to be used again, we will fold them and reserve them for later collaboration.
Otherwise, they are loosened and removed from the sides to roll up on themselves, without
aerating them (thus avoiding the spread of microorganisms in the environment).
We will do the same with the sheets, and then we will put the dirty clothes in a bag.
In hospitals there are usually color codes for the bags, in order to classify their contents and then
carry out their correct treatment.
If the mattress cover is dirty, it will be changed for a clean one.
Spread the fitted sheet over the bed. Tuck in the headboard first, then the feet. Bend the corners
in miter or miter shape with a 45° angle. Then tuck in the sides.
The sheet must be well centered with respect to the mattress and must not present folds or
wrinkles (this is vitally important, since it will affect the patient's comfort and predispose them, one,
to pressure ulcers).
Place inserts or rubber if necessary (patients with ulcers in the sacrum, incontinent.,)
Place the top sheet unfolding it from the headboard to the footboard. The wide hem will be placed
at the level of the top edge of the mattress. Put the sheet on your feet and perform the corner
technique (in miter).
Spread the blanket on the bed. Tuck your feet in and make the corners. To facilitate the patient's
mobility, a fold will be made at the foot level, or the top sheet and blanket will be loosened.
Place the quilt on the blanket, tuck the feet in and fold the corners. The sides will be hanging
Hem or cover the top sheet over the blanket and bedspread, ensuring that it is at a sufficient
height to cover the patient's shoulders.
Place the pillowcase.
The bed can be left open at this point or we can close it.
If the patient is going to have trouble immediately leaving the part of the cover folded in the shape
of an accordion.
Remove gloves and wash hands.
2.- What environmental conditions should the room have?
The room is the place where the sick person will temporarily "live" during their stay in the health
center.
It is common, nowadays, for rooms to have capacity for two beds (although we will also find single
beds), trying to ensure that bedridden patients have the same or similar pathologies in order to
achieve a more pleasant stay, and to facilitate patient care. nursing and medical care.
We will also find isolation rooms for patients who are in serious or compromised condition. This
isolation avoids or minimizes risks of contagion both for the patient (in the case of transplant
recipients) and for other people admitted to the same service or the healthcare personnel
themselves.
It is very important that the patient's room has hygienic conditions that make it more comfortable
and safe. It should be spacious, quiet, airy, sunny, clean and tidy.
Brightness
The most suitable is solar lighting, since it has healing, disinfectant, and thermal properties.
To be well lit, the room should have a large window, which would occupy a quarter of the floor
area of the room.
Electric lighting is a complement to natural lighting. It should be indirect and uniform (so as not to
dazzle the patient), producing a pleasant sensation.
On some occasions, more intense light may be necessary, for which we will have auxiliary lamps.
At night a light on the wall should remain lit, enough so that the room is not dark, allowing the
patient to be monitored while he sleeps or rests.
Temperature
We must try to keep the room at an ambient temperature that ranges between 20 and 22 degrees
Celsius. We will achieve this well through radiators, air conditioners (which are regulated with a
reliable thermostat). With them we will be able to adapt the temperature to the seasonal time, we
will also achieve a certain relative humidity of the air and an environment free of dust, gases,
bacteria, etc.
Ventilation
It is very important that the room is well ventilated, with the aim of renewing stale air and bad
odors.
The most convenient system is to open the windows for a short period of time, doing this action
several times a day. If we want to prevent the patient from getting cold, we could cover him or her
while the windows are open.
Another ventilation system is the one carried out through air conditioning, which provides
controlled air in terms of speed, humidity and temperature.
Noise
It should be a room where there is calm and tranquility. Noises will cause irritability in the patient
(falling objects, loud conversations, televisions or radios with excessive volume), especially in
patients with fever, undergoing recent surgeries or with nervous disorders.
To avoid these situations, we must ask visitors to speak in a low voice so as not to disturb the
patients, be careful when handling or transporting objects, and wear silent shoes.
3.- What will they do with the mess in the room?
Considering the data offered by the statement of the practical case where it states that
independent users and, mainly, with older adults, the aim is to maintain their independence and
be autonomous as much as possible, obviously, the disorder of the room must be organized with
Juan's participation, and trying to get him to change his behavior regarding order and internalize
the steps to keep his room as tidy as possible. It must be established that the health care provider
must ensure the order of that room, and must ensure that it is maintained.