Making the beds

Are the nurses making the beds of the clients in USA?

I know that there are various levels of nurses in America. Which one is

responsable of domestic things like making the beds, feeding the people and things like the ones I've told before?

It depends on where you work. In hospital on med surg floor, the nurse may have nursing assistants to make the beds and feed patients. The assistant may do all or some of the nurses patients. In intensive care, the nurse may only have one or two patients and may do all of the work herself. In long term nursing care facilities, the nurse usually does none of the bedmaking, but may feed patients. It really depends on where you are working.

The CNA's, or certified nursing assistants handle the majority of the bedmaking and simple tasks. CNA's aren't nurses, but cerified assistant personal. Housekeeping handles the heavier cleaning. In some facilities, nurses at both the LPN and RN level would be responsible for that.

The shortest answer is "some do...some don't." It depends on the facility, the unit, and the staff members available.

In my hospital/unit, the RN's do total patient care, as is the case with all of our critical care units...where the ratio of nurse to patient is usually 1:1 or 1:2.

In other units, the ratio may be 1:5 on a great day, and the (fortunate) RN has assistive personnel to help with some of the non-RN-license requiring needs like linens, bathing, etc. Many of those things require more than one person, though, so the RN does at *least* half of those things, too.

I do know several people who work in long term care....who have 30 +/- patients, and (hopefully) enough assistance to handle feedings, bathing, linens, positioning, toileting needs...and all of the other stuff besides treatments and meds.

Ultimatley the nurse lvn or rn are responsible for total patient care. If you have an aide or cna working on the floor and they are available, then they will be the ones doing the above mentioned stuff. But if a patient needs to be fed and there is not cna around I would not suggest letting the pt. go hungry while they nurse is tracking down a cna. Same goes for changing pt's and making the bed. The pt will suffer if they have to wait for an available cna for every little thing they need. Sometimes the cna's or aides have double the pt load so they are not immidiatly available.

On our floor we have aides that do vitals, pass ice, give baths/linen changes and feed patients, and help answer call lights when able. They are a HUGE help, I LOVE our aides. But I do try to help them out as well when I have time (which, honestly, is rarely), such as if my patient is down for a procedure and I have a few minutes I will change their linens, etc. I never feel that I am "above" aide work but most of the time I am too busy with other tasks, so I'm grateful for their help.

On our floor we have aides that do vitals, pass ice, give baths/linen changes and feed patients, and help answer call lights when able. They are a HUGE help, I LOVE our aides. But I do try to help them out as well when I have time (which, honestly, is rarely), such as if my patient is down for a procedure and I have a few minutes I will change their linens, etc. I never feel that I am "above" aide work but most of the time I am too busy with other tasks, so I'm grateful for their help.

And we appreciate it so much when you help us out! :bowingpur