Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses / by Anna Caroline Maxwell and Amy Elizabeth Pope.

  • Maxwell, Anna Caroline, 1851-1929
Date:
1914
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses / by Anna Caroline Maxwell and Amy Elizabeth Pope. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    Fold the top of the under sheet like an envelope, and tuck it under the mattress. Put on the top sheet in the same general manner as the bottom sheet, but with the hem wrong side up, in order that the right side may be uppermost when the sheet is turned down over the blankets. Allow the upper end of the sheet to come to the edge of the mattress, leaving sufficient to tuck in at the bottom, just as the under sheet was tucked in at the top. A closed bed may be made with one or two blankets, but it will always look better if two blankets are used. In the latter case, tuck the first blanket in on the sides only. At the bottom, fold it back under itself along the edge of the mattress. This blanket, like the sheets, should be pulled tightly before being tucked in, the good appearance of a bed depending largely upon its tautness. Fold the sides