Blog Entry #5

 MAKING A BED

1.) Why do we need to know how to make an occupied and an unoccupied bed?
      -We need to know how to make an occupied and unoccupied bed so that we won't experience difficulties in making these things and so that the patient won't experience or have a feeling of uncomfortability, because the patient will stay here until he/ she gets well. By learning this we can help the patient recover faster.

2.)  How does making a bed help in the fast recovery of our patient?
      -Making a bed helps in the fast recovery of our patient by making the patient comfortable and more relaxed. It helps by keeping the patient away from the bacteria present in the old top and bottom sheets. When the patient experience comfortability he/ she will recover faster.

3.)  As a good home nurse, how will you be able to render your services to your patient through bed making?
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BATHING THE PATIENT
1.) Why do you need to give a bath to the patient?
     - You need to give a bath to the patient to keep him/ her fresh and clean. In this way, the patient will be far from bacterias and diseases which can lead to sickness.

2.)  What are the materials needed for bed bath and sponge bath?
      - Soft Sponge, Soap, Water

3.) What's the imporstance of urinal or bedpan?
      -It helps the patient not to have extra movements when he/she urinates. This also helps because it is convinient. You can just put it beside of the bed to have easier way.

4.) What do you mean by bak rub?
      -It is the manipulating of deeper layers of our muscle and connective tissues by using various techniques.

5.) How do you differentiate cold from hot compress?
     -Hot compress  is the application of heat to any part of the body to relieve certain kinds of pain. This hot compress can be applied in many ways such us, hot towel, hot water, etc. In the same purpose the cold compress also can relieve certain kinds of pain but the ice is used to do this method.