Test 2--Chapter 19 Bedmaking

Question 1

What are the benefits of clean, dry, wrinkle free linens?

Answer 1

• Comfort is promoted.
• Skin breakdown and pressure ulcers are prevented.

Question 2

How often are beds made?

Answer 2

Daily

Question 3

How often are linens changed?

Answer 3

On the person’s bath day.

Usually once or twice a week.

Question 4

What are the steps to keep beds neat and clean?

Answer 4

• Straighten linens whenever loose or wrinkled.
• Straighten loose or wrinkled linens at bedtime.
• Check for and remove food and crumbs after meals.
• Check linens for dentures, eyeglasses, hearing aids, sharp objects, and other items.
• Change linens whenever they become wet, soiled, or damp.
• Follow Standard Precautions and the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard.

Question 5

When is a closed bed used?

Answer 5

• only at bedtime
• For persons who are out of bed most of the day
• For persons who arrive by ambulance

Question 6

What is the difference between a closed bed and an open bed?

Answer 6

• In a closed bed, top linens are not folded back.
• A closed bed becomes an open bed by fan-folding back the top linens.
• In an open bed, top linens are fan-folded back so the person can get into bed.

Question 7

The surgical bed has two other names. What are they?

Answer 7

1. Recovery bed
2. Postoperative bed

Question 8

Who uses surgical beds?

Answer 8

• Persons who arrive at the center by ambulance
• Persons who are taken by stretcher to treatment or therapy areas
• Persons using portable tubs

Question 9

What is a drawsheet?

Answer 9

˜small sheet placed over the middle of the bottom sheet.

Question 10

What is the benefit of a cotton drawsheet?

Answer 10

• keep the mattress and bottom linens clean and dry
• reduces heat and absorbs moisture
• may be used alone or with a plastic drawsheet

Question 11

What is the advantage of a plastic drawsheet?

Answer 11

• ˜protects the mattress and bottom linens from dampness and soiling
• must be used with a cotton drawsheet

Question 12

Things to remember when collecting linens

Answer 12

• linens are considered contaminated once they come in a person’s room
• do not bring extra linens into a person’s room
• collect linens in the order in which you will use them
• remove dirty linens one piece at a time

Question 13

Which way should you roll used linens?

Answer 13

Away from you