What has happened to simple, basic care???

[barefootlady]

I have noticed and been informed by many of the nurses I am working with that a bath, either a full bath or a partial bath, for the patient is not important. Must be true, I have given at least 4 baths every night I have worked this week. Oral care is a dying art. Come on nurses, lets hear how it is done where you work. I cannot be the only nurse who thinks baths are just a part of patient care, and even if it's done at 10:00am or 22:00 pm, it is necessary for comfort, promotes good skin care, allows you to assess the patient, and helps build a bond with the patient. :nurse:

[lee1]

Well, if the nurse has 5 or more patients, the techs have to draw the bloods, do other tech things, glucoscans, state EKGs, stock rooms, do the basic temps, pulses, B/Ps, give bedpans, do in/outs, just how much time is left for baths in a hi acuity hospital, especially on a floor where frequent VS are being taken, frequent assessments say for femoral sites post CATH.

It is not the bedside nurse creating the problem but the management who has not understood what the patient needs and provided it