Is this a bad sign??

JomoNurse · Aug 17, 2009

what are you talking about? i don't understand your question.

Nepenthe Sea · Aug 17, 2009

I was just being silly. We learned how to make a bed hospital-style last semester, and as I was making it the other day, I found myself making it that way. Just realizing what a dork I can be...I have nursing school on the brain, for sure.

allnurses Guide · Aug 17, 2009

Why yes, as a matter of fact, there are several things I do as a direct result of Nursing school bed-making :) Miter corners. In the olden days there weren't fitted sheets. Fan-fold blankets. Very convenient. Fold pillow in half to put in pillowcase. No more tuck under chin. Have the open side of the pillowcase face away from the door. Do they still do that?? Fun times! :lol2:

Nepenthe Sea · Aug 18, 2009

Why yes, as a matter of fact, there are several things I do as a direct result of Nursing school bed-making :) Miter corners. In the olden days there weren't fitted sheets. Fan-fold blankets. Very convenient. Fold pillow in half to put in pillowcase. No more tuck under chin. Have the open side of the pillowcase face away from the door. Do they still do that?? Fun times!

Yes! Miter corners! That's what they're called. I couldn't remember the name, so I was calling them hospital corners. No wonder the other poster didn't know what I was talking about. :clown: Yeah, they still do it that way, appearantly.

rn/writer, RN · Aug 18, 2009

Yes! Miter corners! That's what they're called. I couldn't remember the name, so I was calling them hospital corners. No wonder the other poster didn't know what I was talking about. Yeah, they still do it that way, appearantly.

It can't be an age thing. The nurse who didn't understand says he/she is 94. (Dementia, maybe?)

sweetiepeas · Aug 18, 2009

I make my bed with Hospital corners but not the toe pleat yet. I start in September :)

LaurenSN · Aug 18, 2009

Thanks for laugh! I don't do it myself, but maybe I should start since I'm pretty slow at it. Hmm...

mrsshifflette09 · Aug 18, 2009

My mom brought me up doing hospital corners, she went to nursing school for 1 semester and dropped out. That is the one thing that stuck with her forever. It does annoy my husband that i don't let him make up the beds cuz he never does it right. lol. Once you learn how to do them i think it sticks lol.

ShantheRN, BSN, RN · Aug 18, 2009

I fan fold ALL the time. It's actually pretty convenient LOL

I also stopped putting pillow cases on using the chin tuck. Now I always do the inside out method. Funny thing is, it took a few months before it dawned on me that I was doing it!

We have a particularly bad dementia patient. She follows you around, asking the same questions, crying, stumbling....it's awful. I had a dream she was chasing me through a maze and I couldn't get away from her. It's pretty bad when patients are invading your dreams :chuckle

carolinapooh, BSN, RN · Aug 18, 2009

My mom brought me up doing hospital corners, she went to nursing school for 1 semester and dropped out. That is the one thing that stuck with her forever. It does annoy my husband that i don't let him make up the beds cuz he never does it right. lol. Once you learn how to do them i think it sticks lol.

My house too! My mom went to nursing school in the 1950s, my dad was in the Navy, I did four years in the Air Force - I taught half my class how to make a bed, and I won't let DH NEAR the sheets b/c I only remake the thing anyway.

Sorry for lurking on the student boards but sometimes the others are a bit too jaded for me... :)

kfarinato · Aug 18, 2009

I make my bed the "hospital way" all the time, and I even have my husband doing it now!