CALAMBA DOCTORS’ COLLEGE

Virborough Subdivision, Parian, Calamba City, Laguna

Performance Evaluation Checklist

Name: ________________________ Date:_______________

PERFORMING BED MAKING - UNOCCUPIED BED

EQUIPMENT
1. Blanket
2. Top sheet
3. Draw sheet
4. Bottom sheet
5. Rubber sheet
6. Pillow case

INSTRUCTION: Rate the nursing skill performance of the student based as follows: 5 = Perfect (91-100) 4 = Very
Satisfactory (85-90) 3 = Satisfactory (80-84) 2 = Poor (79-75) 1 = Need Improvement (74 and below)

PREPARATION 5 4 3 2 1 Comments
1. Place the hamper by the client's door if linen bags are
not available
2. Explain the procedure to the client.
PROCEDURE
1. If the client is in bed, prior to performing the
procedure, introduce self and verify client’s identity.
Explain to the client what you are going to do, why it
is necessary, and how he or she will cooperate.
2. Perform hand hygiene and observe other appropriate
infection control procedure.
3. Provide clients privacy.
4. Place the clean linen on client’s chair or overbed Rationale: This prevents
table; do not use another client’s bed. cross contamination (the
movement of
microorganisms from one
client to another) via spoiled
linen.
5. Assess and assist client out of bed using assistive Rationale: This ensures
devices. (e.g., cane, walker, safety belt) as client safety
appropriate. Make sure that this is an appropriate and
convenient time for the client to be out of bed. Assist
the client to a comfortable chair.
6. Raise the bed to a comfortable working height.
7. Apply clean gloves if linens and equipment have been
soiled with secretions and/or excretions.
8. Strip the bed.
 Check bed linens for any item belonging to the client
and detach the call bell or any drainage tubes from Rationale: Moving around
the bed linen. the bed systematically
 Loosen all bedding systematically, starting at the head prevents stretching and
of the bed on the near side. reaching and possible
 Remove the pillowcases, if soiled, and place the muscle strain.
pillows on the bedside chair near the foot of the bed.
 Fold reusable linens, such as the bedspread and top Rationale: Folding linens
sheet on the bed, into fourths, First fold the linen in saves time and even energy
half by bringing the top edge even with the bottom when reapplying the linens
edge, and then grasp it at the center of the middle on the bed and keeps them
fold and bottom edges. clean.
 Grasp the mattress securely, using the lugs if present
and move the mattress up to the head of the bed.
 Remove and discard gloves if used. Perform hand
hygiene.
9. Apply the bottom sheet and draw sheet. Rationale: Completing one
 If using a flat sheet, place the folded bottom sheet entire side if the bed at a
with its center fold on the center of the bed. Make time saves time and energy.
sure the sheet is hem side down for smooth
foundation. Spread the sheet out over the mattress
and allow a sufficient amount of sheet at the top to
tuck under the mattress. If using a fitted sheet, pull
sheet over ends of the mattress. Place the flat sheet
along the edge of the mattress at the foot of the bed
and do not tuck it in (unless it is a contour or fitted
sheet).
 Miter the sheet at the top corner on the near side and
tuck the sheet under the mattress, working from the
head of the bed to the foot.
 IF a draw sheet is used, place it over the bottom sheet
so that the center fold is at the centerline of the bed
and the top and bottom edges extend from the
middle of where the client’s back would be on the bed
to the area where the midthigh or knee would be.
Fanfold the uppermost half of the folded draw sheet
at the center or far edge of the bed and tuck at the
near edge.
 Before moving to the other side of the bed, place the
top linens on the bed hem side up, unfold them, tuck
them in, and miter the bottom corners.
10. Move to the other side and secure the bottom lines.
 Tuck in the bottom sheet under the head of the Rationale: Wrinkles can
mattress, pull the sheet firmly, and miter the corner of cause discomfort for the
the sheet. client and breakdown of
 Pull the remainder of the sheet firmly so that there skin. Tuck the sheet in at the
are no wrinkles. side.
 Tuck in the draw sheet, if appropriate.
11. Apply or complete the top sheet, blanket and spread.
 Place the top sheet, hem side up, on the bed so that
its center fold is at the center of the bed and the top Rationale: A cuff on the
edge is even with the top edge of the mattress. sheet makes it easier for the
 Unfold the sheet over the bed. client to pull the covers up.
 Make a vertical or a horizontal toe pleat in the sheet
to provide additional room for the client’s feet.
 Follow the same procedure for the blanket and the
spread but place the top edge about 15cm from the
head of the bed to allow a cuff of sheet to be folded
over them.
 Tuck in the sheet, blanket, and spread at the foot of
 the bed, and miter the corner, using all three layers of
linen. Leave the sides of the top sheet, blanket, and
spread hanging freely unless toe pleats were
provided.
 Fold the top of the sheet down over the spread,
providing a cuff.
 Move to the other side of the bed and secure the top
bedding in the same manner.
12. Put clean pillowcases on the pillows as required. Rationale: A smoothly
 Grasp the close end of the pillowcase at the center fitting pillowcase is more
with one hand. comfortable than wrinkled
 Gather up the side of the pillowcase and place it over one.
at the hand grasping the case. Then grasp the center
of one short side of the pillow through the pillowcase.
 With the free hand, pull the pillowcase over the pillow
 Adjust the pillowcase so that the pillow fits into the
corners of the case and the seams are straight.
 Place the pillow appropriately at the head of the bed.
13. Provide for the client’s comfort and safety.
 Attach the client’s cord so that the client can
conveniently reach it.
 Place the bedside table and the overbed table so that
they are available to the client.
 Leave the bed in the high position
14. Document and report pertinent data.
Record any nursing assessment, such as the client’s
physical status and pulse and respiratory rates before and
after being out of bed, as indicated
TOTAL RATING

STUDENT SIGNATURE: __________________________