Show I Essentials of of H Home om Nursing How Bed-Bath Bed May Be Given I i Without it t Chilli Chilling the theBy Patient By Clara Clar D D. Noyes Director Department of Nursing American Ameri American can Red Cross and President American Amen Ameri can Nurses' Nurses Association In giving a bed bath your aim is isto isto isto to make a sick person thoroughly clean and thoroughly dry without chilling or fatiguing her her without dampening th the bed and without unnecessary delay or ste ste. A X dripping dripping- washcloth and anda a chilly room may ay mean a wet pillow pillow pil pil- low and a thoroughly chilled patient EXCLUDE DRAFTS With the temperature of the sickroom sickroom sickroom sick sick- room about 70 degrees Fahrenheit with all the drafts excluded and with the then n needed eded articles close at h hand n I remove all the covers except two blankets in which you ou should wrap the sick member member member mem mem- ber of of your jour our family after atter you have taken off her gown Two old blankets will wUl sa save your newer ones Place ahot a ahot hot water bag at her feet and YOp you are then ready to proceed to bathe heI her he I face WIth a bath towel spread under I her head allow her to cleanse her mouth thoroughly while you ou hold water I and basin for her BATHE DATHE ONE ARM AT A TIME I Next Next bathe her arm holding her r wrist KO go o that she will not become un- un tired and allowing her hand to remain in the refreshing water for a few moments before e bathing the theother other arm and hand Then renew the I I water in the basin and give your at atI attention attention at- at I to her chest and abdomen taking tak tale ing special care to dry and cover her h-er thoroughly FEW MINUTES' MINUTES REST With the sick persons person's knees flexed adjust the top blanket so that only i one leg is uncovered which should be I bathed with a firm stroking motion I dried and th blanket tucked about It at once before bathing the other Renew Re no- new the water in the basin s spread read the bath towel on the bed and place the sick sack p persons person's foot in it bathing and covering one before proceeding to the theother other At this stage it is often well to allow yo your r patient r a it few minutes minutes' rest before you ou turn her her- toward you to bathe her back and neck Powder will add greatly to the pl pleasure asure of a abed abed abed j bed bath |