Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . nd of a wooden box of appro-priate size will do equally well. Sometimes, especiallyin surgical nursing, it is important to keep the pa-tients knees flexed as well as to keep her from slippingdown. One method of doing this is to double a pillowover a stout string or bandage, put the pillow underthe patients knees, pass the string, on either side,through wires of the wire mattress and the side barof the bed on a line with this pillow. Tie it here andalso at the head of the bed. Another method is toroll a pillow in a sheet, which is folded diagonally,p
Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . nd of a wooden box of appro-priate size will do equally well. Sometimes, especiallyin surgical nursing, it is important to keep the pa-tients knees flexed as well as to keep her from slippingdown. One method of doing this is to double a pillowover a stout string or bandage, put the pillow underthe patients knees, pass the string, on either side,through wires of the wire mattress and the side barof the bed on a line with this pillow. Tie it here andalso at the head of the bed. Another method is toroll a pillow in a sheet, which is folded diagonally,place the pillow under the knees, and tie the corners Bed-Making and Moving Patients 153 of the sheet to the head of the bed. A third methodrequires a special, though simple, form of support,which consists of two boards fastened at the top sothat they form an angle the same shape as thatexisting between the under part of the thighs and legswhen the knees are flexed. As can be seen in Fig. 8,in the center of the lower edge of the board which,. Fig. 8. Support for Knees when the support is in place, comes next the body,there is an opening for the purpose of permitting thegiving of the bed-pan without removing the support,and at each lower end of the same board, there is ahole through which a heavy string can be string is tied in the same way as when a pillow isused. A soft pillow or pad is put over the supportbefore placing it under the patients knees. To Sit a Patient up in Bed When a patient is fairly strong and able to move, shecan generally be made quite comfortable when sitting 154 Practical Nursing up in bed, by the use of a back-rest and a couple ofpillows; but, if the patient is weak, or if her arms areedematous, it may require five pillows, even with aback-rest, to do so. For in such case, the patientsarms must be supported and pillows must fill the curvesin the lower part of the back and the neck. Thebest method of arranging the pillows will depend upon
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