Thursday, August 16, 2012

when nursing apatient suffering from chronic heart disease how would you change the bed sheets


when nursing apatient suffering from chronic heart disease how would you change the bed sheets?

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Depends on their amount of disability and whether they are bedridden or if they are allowed to get up into a chair. If they are allowed to be up in a chair, put them in the chair and change the bed linens.
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My answer to that depends on how mobile the patients is. Is he or she capable of sitting in a chair? Are they self ambulatory? If they are you can use the same method that you would use if a patient was capable of walking down the hall. If the patient is bed bound you will need to use the log roll method. For this you will need two people. Remove top sheets. Flatten and raise the bed to a comfortable working height. Lower the guard rail on your side. Remove pillows and roll patient toward your assistant. While your assistant holds the patient in position, loosen and roll up all lower sheets to half the width of the bed. Place and tuck new sheets along side. Roll patient towards you, Hold while your assistant removes old sheets and tucks new ones in. Lay patient flat. Raise guard rails. Replace pillows ( in fresh pillow slips). Put on new top sheets and blankets. Tuck in at foot of bed. Lower bed and raise the head



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