a) Precautions to take to avoid infections
-Wear an overall to protect your clothing
-Wear hard gloves to protect any open wounds on your hands from coming into contact with his body fluids.
-Nurse him in a well-ventilated room.
-Wash his bedding and clothes with disinfectant
-Give him his medicines at the right time and proper dosage.
-Be sure to treat any open wounds on him with disinfectant or prescribed creams.
b) Factors to consider when planning meals for him.
-Food should be soft for easy digestion.
-Reduce amount of carbohydrates as the invalid is inactive.
-Diet should have plenty of fluids in form of soups, milk and fresh juices.
-Foods rich in fat should be avoided because they are difficult to digest
-Avoid giving him food with strong flavours and smells/ use spices and seasoning sparingly.
c) Making a bed
Needed:
-Two laundered sheets
-Two clean blankets
-Pillow and pillow case
-A clean bed cover.
Method
-Turn the mattress so that it wears evenly
-Spread the under blanket right side up
-Place under sheet right side up and tuck all round making mitres at all four corners.
-Spread the top blanket wrong side up to reach just short of the top sheet.
-Make a fold at the centre and the lower end of the bed to allow room for the feet
-Fold the top sheet and top blanket together down the width of pillow to be used.
-Tuck in the sides and nutre the foot of the bed.
-Put pillow in pillow case and place on bed at its place
-Spread the bedcover over all the bedding, balancing the spread.
Kavungya answered the question on October 8, 2019 at 05:47
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