I hate bedmaking

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.

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!!!!

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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...

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.

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

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

Gary

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

Gary

I second that, Gary!

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....

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

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.

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.

Couldn't care less about bed making, just as long as it's clean.

My mitered corners look like my failed attempts at wrapping christmas presents. I now go the gift bag route, thank you very much.