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Aug 03, 2007 09:20 AM

bed making need help


for the state test i don't want to get bed making.that the one i feel i will not do good with.I have done one in class.Our teacher said we will not use everything thats in the book on how to make a bed.So i thinking what order would the sheets go .please help.


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from casi
Old Aug 03, 2007, 12:18 PM

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I'm not quite to sure what you mean by what order the sheets go. So I'm going to take a wild guess that you're doing occupied bed making as that's the kind of bed making we're tested on here.

This is from my MN skills packet.

1. Bed flat, up, and siderails up.
2. Remove and fold bedspread if reusing
3. Lower side rails on your working side only
4. Keep resident covered with sheet for dignity and help them to roll to side.
5. Roll dirty linen, dirty side inside, to center of bed.
6. Put clean flat or fitted bottom sheet.
7. Switch sides of bed, and help person roll other direction. Again make sure the siderails are only down on your working side.
8. Remove soiled linens, don't place on floor.
9. Pull and tuck in bottom linen, making sure it's free from wrinkles.
10. Assist person back onto their back.
11. Replace pillowcase.
12. Replace top sheet without exposing resident and adjust for comfort.
13. Replace bedspread.
14. Miter corners of top linen at foot of the bed.

Hope that's what you were looking for and hope it helps!
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from Toronto
Old Nov 17, 2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by casi View Post
I'm not quite to sure what you mean by what order the sheets go. So I'm going to take a wild guess that you're doing occupied bed making as that's the kind of bed making we're tested on here.

This is from my MN skills packet.

1. Bed flat, up, and siderails up.
2. Remove and fold bedspread if reusing
3. Lower side rails on your working side only
4. Keep resident covered with sheet for dignity and help them to roll to side.
5. Roll dirty linen, dirty side inside, to center of bed.
6. Put clean flat or fitted bottom sheet.
Put clean draw sheet on top of bed.
7. Switch sides of bed, and help person roll other direction. Again make sure the siderails are only down on your working side.
8. Remove soiled linens, don't place on floor.
9. Pull and tuck in bottom linen, making sure it's free from wrinkles.
10. Assist person back onto their back.
11. Replace pillowcase.
12. Replace top sheet without exposing resident and adjust for comfort.
13. Replace bedspread.
14. Miter corners of top linen at foot of the bed.

Hope that's what you were looking for and hope it helps!
Looks good. But your missing the draw sheet. It should be after number 6.
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No. 3
from MichaelCNA
Old Nov 17, 2008, 09:13 PM

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When acquiring linens from the designated area, take them in this order, albeit, this is in real life, you may not need all of these for testing:

1. Mattress pad
2. Bottom sheet
3. Plastic drawsheet (not in all instances)
4. Cotton drawsheet/lift sheet
5. Top sheet
6. Blanket
7. Bedspread
8. Pillowcases
9. Patient gown

Then when you take them, you will turn this bundle upside down so you are working with the mattress pad first. For WI testing, only "making an occupied bed" is a listed skill, and I believe we only change the top sheet and bottom sheet.

Mike
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No. 4
Old Nov 17, 2008, 09:43 PM

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They've already given you good tips, but I just wanted to tell you you're not alone. Bedmaking was the skill I was most dreading, and of course I got making an unoccupied bed for one of my skills. Seems like it should be a no-brainer, but I think it was the mitering corners that got me every time.

I survived it though, and so will you. Just remember to work from one side to the other and keep the clean linens on a clean surface!
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No. 5
from fuzzywuzzy
Old Nov 17, 2008, 10:51 PM

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I STILL can't make "hospital corners." I work second shift anyway, so I've only had to take down beds, not make them.
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No. 6
Old Nov 18, 2008, 07:01 AM

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See, you post a concern and you find that others all had similar issues. I didn't get good at occupied beds until a couple of months working in a hospital.

Practice, practice, practice. Very few of your fellow classmates will be good at this either unless they've done practice rounds. As I've suggested before, and as we did in class, get with a couple of other people and practice on one another. Either do this before/after class, or someone's house.
I'm married so I practiced with the wife (of course, no bed rails which I also had difficulty in remembering to put up/down and no bed lift). If you do practice the skills on a 'regular' flat bed, make sure you at least verbally include those so you don't forget when it comes to the real thing.
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No. 7
Old Nov 29, 2008, 03:12 PM

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Alot different from making my bed in the Army but if I can make it look even half as good as I did then, I'll be alright.
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No. 8
Old Dec 01, 2008, 02:54 PM

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Here in nc all you have to do is the fitted sheet, flat sheet and pillow case. So it shouldn't be to bad. The only thing we would do different is put a bath blanket on the resident to keep their privacy. I am still confused with some of it. Hopefully i will make it through. My test is this saturday.
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