CONCEPTS ON BED MAKING

BY: JOIE S. OLIVEROS RN

General Considerations:
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Maintain Move Explain Use

•Maintain the client •Move the client •Throughout the •Use the bed –
in good body gently and procedure, explain making time, like
alignment. Never smoothly. Rough what you plan to do the bed bath time,
move or position a handling can cause before you do it. to assess and meet
client in a manner the patient Use term that the the client’s needs.
that is discomfort and patient can
contraindicated by abrade the skin. understand.
the client’s health.
Obtain help if
necessary to ensure
safety.
 Hospital beds
▪ Are usually 66 cm (26 in) high and
0.9m (3 ft.) wide, narrower than the
usual bed

❖ Length is usually 1.9 m (6.5 ft).

❖ Beds can be moved to a variety of
positions.
❖Height adjustment.
 Types
Unoccupied Bed - is a bed that is empty at the
same time it is made up and is the
easiest bed to make.
❖Open bed
❖Closed bed
2. Occupied Bed – is a bed made with a patient
in it.
3. Post-operative Bed – is a bed which has been
prepared to receive and to meet the
needs of a patient recovering from
anesthesia after surgery or
diagnostic procedure.
 BED MAKING
GUIDELINES
❖Wash hands thoroughly after handling a
client’s Linens and equipment that
have been soiled with secretions.

❖Hold soiled linen away from uniform.

❖Linen to one client is never (even

momentarily) placed on another client’s
bed.
 BED MAKING
GUIDELINES
❖Soiled linen is placed directly in a portable
linen hamper or tucked into a pillowcase at
the end of the bed before it is gathered up
for disposal in the linen hamper.

❖Soiled linen is never shaken in the air

because shaking can disseminate secretions
and excretions and the microorganism they
contain.
 BED MAKING
GUIDELINES
❖When stripping and making bed, conserve
time and energy by stripping and making
up one side as completely as possible
before working on the other side.

❖To avoid unnecessary trips to the linen

supply area, gather all needed linen before
starting to strip a bed.
 MANNER OF FOLDING
THE LINEN
❖Bottom sheet folded in wrong side up,
centerfold, lengthwise fourfolds
❖Top sheet right side up, centerfold, lengthwise
fourfolds
❖Bedspread wrong side up, centerfold, lengthwise
fourfolds
❖Bath blanket/spread folded in right side up,
centerfold,crosswise fourfolds
❖Drawsheet wrong side up, centerfold
❖Cotton drawsheet wrong side up,centerfold
❖Pillowcase right side up