Giving Baths At Night. Agree Or Disagree?

[kmwlpn]

we have recently started giving baths on night shift at the ltc facility i work at....many of the cna's are upset over this because they feel that it is wrong to drag residents up out of bed in the middle of the night to give a bath to them....we are not really short handed so that is not the reason for giving baths....and the residents we give baths to on 3rd shift are disoriented, but still....so question is do you or do you not agree with giving baths on 3rd shift?

i want to clarify a few details to see if the response is any different....but thank you for all your input thus far....

this is a long-term care facility,,,,and the residents, in which baths are given are unaware of the time of day, due to cognitive status......and some are frequently awake at night anyways, but not always........these factors may not change your views...but i wanted to make sure you had all the information........thank you for your response.....

[Dixiecup]

I think it's just plain tacky and rude!

Although we did have one lady that was up every night. In the geri chair, had to put her at the nurses station cause she kept trying to crawl out, yelling and disturbing everyone elses sleep. We always gave her a shower and it relaxed and clamed her down and she would go to sleep. ( but of course, you have to put that stuff in the care plan to justify it!)

[DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN]

As long as the patient is awake anyway between 11-7 I say "go ahead and give a bath". I would not favor waking a patient to give a bath.

[mercy1975]

State surveyors will not want to see baths given at night from hs through 6 am unless it is due to a specific reason and care planned.