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Bed Making Procedures

The document provides step-by-step instructions for making a bed. It lists 24 key tasks for bed making including washing hands, assembling equipment, cleaning the mattress and bedside area, placing sheets and other bedding in proper order, tucking them smoothly under the mattress, and ensuring the final bed is neat.

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Bed Making Procedures

The document provides step-by-step instructions for making a bed. It lists 24 key tasks for bed making including washing hands, assembling equipment, cleaning the mattress and bedside area, placing sheets and other bedding in proper order, tucking them smoothly under the mattress, and ensuring the final bed is neat.

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PROCEDURE NAME: CATEGORY: FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING

BED MAKING
No. KEY TASK
1 Wash hands
2 Assemble the equipment’s
3 Place the materials to be used on the chair. Turn mattress and clean the mattress
4 Move the chair and bed side locker
5 Clean Bed-side locker, chair: Wipe with wet and dry
6 Clean the mattress:
➢ Stand in right side
A. Start wet wiping from top to center and from center to bottom in right side of mattress.
B. Gather the dust and debris to the bottom.
C. Give wiping as same as procedure 2
➢ Move to left side.
❖ Wipe with wet and dry the left side.
7 Move to right side. Start making the bed, Place bottom sheet with correct side up, center of sheet on center of bed and
then at the head of the bed
8 Tuck sheet under mattress at the head of bed and miter the corner.
Mitering steps:
A. Face the side of bed and lift and lay the top edge of the sheet onto the bed to form a triangular fold.
B. With your palms down, tuck lower edge of sheet (hanging free at side of mattress) under mattress.
C. Grasp the triangular fold, bring it down over the side of the mattress and tuck the sheet smoothly under the
mattress Straighten the free hanging sheet on mattress side.
9 Remain on one side of bed until you have completed making the bed on that side
10 Tuck sheet on the sides and foot of bed, mitering the corners.
11 Tuck sheets smoothly under the mattress, there should be no wrinkles
12 Place rubber and draw sheet at the center of the bed and tuck smoothly and tightly.
13 Place cotton draw sheet on top of rubber draw sheet and tuck. The rubber draw sheet should be covered completely.
14 Place top sheet with wrong side up, center fold of sheet on center of bed and wide it at head of bed.
15 Tuck sheet of foot of bed, mitering the corner
16 Place blankets with center of blanket on center of bed, tuck at the foot of beds and miter the corner
17 Fold top sheet over blanket
18 Place bed spread with right side up and tuck it
19 Miter the corners at the foot of the bed
20 Go to other side of bed and tuck in bottom sheet, draw sheet, mitering corners and smoothening out all wrinkles, put
pillow case on pillow and place on bed
21 See that bed is neat and smooth
22 Leave bed in place and furniture in order
23 Wash hands
24 Recording and documenting

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