Procedure: ASK Patient: Are You COMFORTABLE? Several times during this skill
Opening Procedure
Equipment Needed:
1 Bed Mat 2 paper towels
Toilet paper Fracture bed pan
Wash cloth Bed bath blanket
1 towel for the table 3 sets of Gloves
1. Place Bed Bath Blanket on Patient
2. Place the bed pan under the resident’s butt… thin side toward head / wide side toward feet… and then roll them back to the supine position. ASK Are You COMFORTABLE?
Raise the head of the bed to Medium Fowler’s position about 1/3 of the way… so that the resident is comfortable to use the bathroom and lower the bed.
3) Hand them the toilet paper and the call light.
4) Tell them to press the call button when they are finished.
Remove Gloves / Say – Wash Hands
5) Exit procedure – then return…. IMMEDIATELY
1) Opening Procedure – Wash Hands and put on Gloves are required – 2nd Pair of Gloves.
2) Hand the resident a wet wash cloth or handy wipe for cleaning their hands Remove the toilet paper as shown.
3) Raise the bed to your working height and flatten the bed to the supine position.
4) PRESS on the End of the BED PAN to prevent it from spilling…before you ROLL the patient off the bed pan. It will spill in the bed if you do not HOLD IT DOWN. DO NOT SPILL!!! Do not put your thumb in the pan…
6) Place the bed pan on top of paper towel #1 (on the portable toilet) and cover with paper towel #2 for privacy.
7) REPLACE YOUR GLOVES – 3rd Pair of gloves..
Clean the room and Bed Pan – Wash Hands – Exit