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Caring For The Sick

The document discusses proper ways to care for sick patients, including preparing the bedroom, dressing/undressing patients, and making an occupied bed. It emphasizes the importance of learning skills like checking vitals, bathing patients, and changing bedsheets or diapers for loved ones' comfort and fast recovery. Specific tips are provided for arranging a bedroom for patient care, bathing methods, assisting with clothing changes respecting patient ability, and making the bed while avoiding exposure to dirt.

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Caring For The Sick

The document discusses proper ways to care for sick patients, including preparing the bedroom, dressing/undressing patients, and making an occupied bed. It emphasizes the importance of learning skills like checking vitals, bathing patients, and changing bedsheets or diapers for loved ones' comfort and fast recovery. Specific tips are provided for arranging a bedroom for patient care, bathing methods, assisting with clothing changes respecting patient ability, and making the bed while avoiding exposure to dirt.

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Lesson

Caring for the Sick


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Learning Target

In the end of the lesson, you will be able to discuss the proper ways of preparing the bedroom and
demonstrate the proper way of dressing and undressing the patient and making an occupied bed.

Exploration

Each of us knows that we have an obligation to care for the old, the young, and the sick. We stand strongest
when we stand with the weakest among us. -Sarah Palin

Have you ever experienced taking your family's vital signs like checking their pulse rate and blood pressure?
Have you ever experienced dressing and undressing them, or changing their diaper? It may be difficult to do it at first,
but it is important to learn these things, especially when the sick patient does not find it comfortable being assisted by
a person who is a total stranger to him or her. By taking care of our sick loved ones, we are able to let them feel our
love in its truest sense.

Go and Learn

How can you take care of your sick family member at home? What are the necessary skills that you need to
know? Taking care of the sick member in the family requires a bedroom that is conducive for fast recovery. Part of
the work of a nurse or a caregiver is to dress and undress the patient correctly, change the patient's diaper, and
change the patient's bedsheets when needed.

Bedroom
The bedroom is a place where sick people find most of
the comfort they need. Proper arrangement and design of the
bedroom is important for fast recovery of the patient. The bedroom
should be well lighted and well ventilated for a more comforting
atmosphere. It should always be clean and orderly with no
unpleasant smell. The floor should be free from any clutter to
prevent further accident when the patient has to move around the
room. It would also be an advantage if the room is near the
bathroom so that the patient will not have to walk far when they
need to use it.
Bathing the Patient

Bathing the patient is one of the important routines that nurses


and caregivers removes the dirt and the dead cells that may cause
irritation and rashes. Second, should perform for several reasons. First, it
helps cleanse the skin of the patient. It bathing the patient promotes
better blood circulation, especially through the use of warm water and the
gentle stroking of the patient's extremities. Bathing helps improve
patient's self-image with the feeling of freshness and comfort.

Types of Bathing

1. Complete bed bath involves washing the patient's entire body in bed. It is usually done for patients
who are paralyzed or unconscious.

2. Partial bed bath refers to bathing the patient's face, hands, underarms, genitals, back, and buttocks to
prevent the development of body odors.

3. Shower bath is given to patients who can already move. Since they are still weak, a bathing chair is
used for them to sit on while bathing.

4. Tub bath involves immersing the patient in a tub of water to provide more thorough washing and
rinsing than a bed bath can provide.

Dressing and Undressing the Patient

Have you ever thought of how to change the clothing of a paralyzed patient or
maybe a partially immobilized one? How can you remove the clothes if they cannot even
move? Here are the important guidelines that you should take note in doing this
procedure.

1. Provide patient's privacy by closing the door of the room.


2. Encourage the patient to do as much as possible.
3. Remove clothing from the strong side first.
4. Put clothing on the weak side first.
Making an Occupied Bed

Making an occupied bed refers to the process of replacing the beddings of a sick patient. It is done to
prevent exposure to dirt and bacteria that may aggravate the illness. It also provides comfort to the patient since it
assures a clean bed to stay on.

Steps in Making an Occupied Bed

1. Provide patient's privacy.


2. Gently roll the patient to one side of the bed.
3. Roll the bedsheet to the center with the soiled portion inside.
4. Place the clean bedsheet along the center of the bed then fanfold against the patient's back and unfold
the remaining half.
5. Gently assist the patient to roll over the bottom bedsheet or to the other side.
6. Remove the soiled bedsheet by rolling it from the side to the center, then place it into the hamper.
7. Unfold the clean bedsheet and spread it completely and neatly on the bed.

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