I hate bedmaking

[Jedi of Zen]

This may prove to be the only thing that I won't like about nursing school/being a nurse. Give me pathophysiology, give me assessment, give me risk factors....give me all of the hard facts of the human body, and I will feel like I'm in my game - but ask me to miter bedcorners and I just lose all patience like there's no tomorrow. lol. Maybe it's just a guy thing. Any other guys (or females, for that matter) who don't like bedmaking?

On a more serious note - I know I'll get the hang of it before check-off time, but right now it's just the only thing I think I don't like so far. lol.

[ari3sdog]

I hate giving showers. My shoes always get soaked and wet, and they end up stinky. Also, I get sweaty inside the shower room, and I wear glasses, it's very hard to see. LOL

[redbirdsfan01]

I agree, I don't like doing a lot of the patient self-care stuff. I to can do the science aspect all day long. Wiping patients down is another. Are class is doing clinicals in an ECF this quarter and I've never felt so inept. I am horible at giving a bed bath and always ask for help.

[deeDawntee, RN]

TOE PLEAT!!! Oh man!! I missed out! How do you do it?? If there is anything I hate worse in the whole world is having my feet restricted by sheets. EEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!! Drives me NUTS!! TOE PLEATS WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!!!!

:uhoh3::lol2:

[AstonishiaInlimbo]

When I had to do my return demonstration on 'bed making', my instructor said guys do the bedmaking and the mitering and everything neater than us girls...that's his observation...

omg, bedmaking... bottom sheet, rubber sheet, drawsheet, locate center crease, unfold, fan-fold, turn patient...omg...

oh yes, i hate bedmaking too! hahaha!

I prefer the fitted sheets...saves time and effort...

[ari3sdog]

Bed making without the patient is the easy part. Making the bed with the patient on it is more challenging. But I've been doing this for 6 yrs now. Bed making is easy for me now. I learn a lot for my mistakes. LOL.

[Chloe'sinNYNow]

ah yes, those damned bed corners. and even worse, the overly zealous teachers who swear that your patient's blood pressure will sky rocket in direct correlation to the number of wrinkles on their sheets. yes, cleanliness and organization are very important in our profession, after all we are caring for people.

OMG, this totally had me cracking up. Our NS spent so much wasted time teaching us the art of bedmaking!! We could have spent that time learning so many other valuable skills, it made me crazy! :deadhorse

I am so glad you osted this JT. Very eloquently put!! LOL.

Chloe

[navydad51]

Bed-Making? No, not for me, but better than Bed-Baths, that is for sure.:rotfl:

Gary

[MikeyJ, RN]

Bed-Making? No, not for me, but better than Bed-Baths, that is for sure.:rotfl:

Gary

I second that, Gary!

[SaderNurse05, BSN, RN]

Maybe you will luck out like I did with my first job. None of the sheets fit any of the beds. Seriously. The nurses looked at me like I was crazy when I asked them how they were making the beds. They were a soft knit, no wrinkles and you just stuffed them under the mattress. Didn't mean to bust in on the male nursing forum....

[richardjboro1]

This is hilarious. We spent a week and had a check off, just on BED MAKING. This was last YEAR, not the 60's. We had to do mitered corners, two flat sheets, one blankie, and a toe cleat. I think our soph nursing instructor DID go to school with Florence!

HAHA

Richard

[smk1, LPN]

This is ridiculous, as long as the sheets are clean, free of large wrinkles and the draw sheet is placed correctly there shouldn't be a huge problem.

[AliRae]

I've been making my bed with mitred corners as long as I can remember (mom was a nurse), but work is actually a different story.

I figure, as long as the kid's still intubated and the pads are under him when all is said and done, it's good enough.