Making a Bed
1. Why do we need to know how to make an unoccupied and occupied bed?
-Yes, for us to be able to know how to make the patient comfortable and at the same time accelerate his/her recovery.

2. How does making a bed help in the fast recovery of our patient?
-It helps the patient recover faster because it is where the patient will be spending most if his time while sick and if it is a comfortable place to stay, it will be easier for him to recover.

3. As a good home nurse, how will you be able to render your services to your patient through bed making?
-I will render by making the bed as clean and as comfortable as possible.

 Bathing the Patient
1. Why do you need to give a bath to the patient?
-So that he will be clean, be refreshed and be able to relax. So that other viruses and bacterias will be washed out of their bodies.

2. What are the materials needed for bed bath or sponge bath?
-2 big towels, 2 small towels, rubber sheet, a bin of warm water, soap and light blanket.

3. What’s the importance of using a urinal or bedpan?
-So that the patient's waste won't be all over the bed and would cause more illnesses and diseases.

4. What do you mean by back rub?
-When you massage the patient in order for him to relax.

5. How do you differentiate cold compress from hot compress?
- cold compress is used for inflammations and to relieve pain while the hot compress relieves pain and congestion.

Home Nursing Techniques; Signs & Symptoms of Illnesses & Diseases

1.  If you are a good home nurse, what are the various home nursing techniques that you need to apply that will make the patient feel comfortable and speed up the recovery?

 -The most important thing to we need to work on is our Attitude and Personality towards the patient. We should be loving and we should have more patience especially if the patient shouldn't be stressed or annoyed. We should also be alert and responsible when it comes to the patient's needs and wants to help the patient heal faster.

2.  Why should the home nurse monitor the vital signs of the patient?

 -We should monitor it because they give us a quick and easy way to determine if one is well or sick.

3.  How do you take the body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure of the patient?

 Body Temperature - Wash your hands then put the thermometer where designated. Wait for 3 minutes then remove from the area. Wipe the thermometer with dry cotton or tissue before reading. After reading, wipe it with cotton w/ antiseptic. 

Pulse Rate - Use your two fingers and not your thumb in taking the pulse.

Respiratory Rate - Let the patient sit down comfortably then wrap the BP cuff around the patient's arm and place the bell shaped end of the stethoscope on the inside of the elbow where the pulse can be felt.

4.  What are some practices that the home nurse must follow that will promote comfort to the patient?

 -The practice of being a loving, caring, happy and nice nurse.

5.  How will you differentiate signs from symptoms of illnesses and diseases?

 -Signs are the the physical findings you see when you examine a patient, while symptoms are what patients feel.

6.  If you are the doctor, what will be your basis in giving the diagnosis for your patient?
-My basis is that I would observe his/her signs and symptoms and use the medicines that is advisable for that certain illness or disease.

Administering of Medicines to the Patient

-What I learned is that there are many ways administering medicines to the patient. And there are a lot of wrong ways that we never knew that was wrong. So, with this lesson, it helped us students not to be ignorant and well-educated when it comes to these encounters.

-I also learned that proper administering of medicine to the patient is important because it helps the patient recover faster in a way that we shouldn't overdose the intake of medicine of the patients which might cause other problems with the patient.