Bed making is an important nursing technique that prepares beds for patients in a way that ensures their comfort and accommodates their medical needs. Nurses make both unoccupied beds that are available and occupied beds where a patient is physically present. The main purposes of bed making are to prevent complications by providing physical and psychological comfort, security, rest, and cleanliness to the patient. It also aims to establish effective nurse-patient relationships and allow for passive exercise or mobility.

1. BED MAKING
GM SIDDIQUI
Clinical Instructor
The Kidney Center PGTI

2. Bed making is one of
the important
nursing techniques to
prepare various types
of bed for patients or
clients to ensure
comfort and useful
position for a
particular condition.
The bed is especially
important for patients
who are sick.

3. TYPES
Nursing staff make different types of bed
according to patient condition
1. Simple bed or unoccupied bed.
2. Occupied bed

4. Unoccupied
Bed
An unoccupied
bed is defined as
one that is
"open" and
available

5. Occupied
Bed
An occupied bed is
an
available bed where
there is a patient
physically in
the bed or the bed is
being retained for a
patient

6. Purpose of Bed Making
Bed-making is a nursing art. The purpose
of the bed-making should be patients or
clients-centered. The main purposes of
bed-making are to prevent complications
by ensuring comfort and security to
patient.

7. To provide rest and
sleep.
To provide physical
and psychological
comfort and security to
the patient.
To give the unit neat
appearance.

8. To establish an effective
nurse patients relationship.
To provide active and
passive exercise to the
patient.
To promote fresh and
cleanliness.
To develop skill in the
posture/body alignment of
the nurse in bed-making.
To observe, identify and
prevent patient’s
complications.

9. To accommodate the
patient’s needs.
To reduce patient’s
exertion by bed-making.
To eliminate irritants to
skin from patient’s body.
To dispose soiled and
dirty linen properly.
Another purpose of bed-
making is to save time,
effort and material
properly.