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Objective: to compare the time for performance of dry and traditional bed bathing and its effects on transcutaneous arterial oxygen saturation and respiratory rates in critical adult patients. Method: pilot study of a randomized, open, crossover clinical trial, performed with 15 adult critically ill patients. Each patient received a dry and a traditional bed bath. Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used, adopting p-value ≤ 0.05. Results: most patients were male (73.3%), white (66.7%), with a mean age of 69.7 years. The dry bath was faster (20.0 minutes) than the traditional bath (30.0 minutes) (p<0.001). There was no significant difference between the patients’ saturation means between baths (p=0.381), with 94.7% for the dry bath and 95.2% for the traditional bath. During the traditional bath, the patients’ respiratory rate mean was higher (24.2 incursions per minute) and statistically different (p<0.001) from the value obtained for the dry bath (20.5 incursions per minute). Conclusion: the dry bath had a shorter duration than did the traditional bath, resulting in less patient exposure. The traditional bed bath had a negative effect on patients’ respiratory rate, increasing it. Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (ReBEC): RBR-5qwkqd Objetivo: comparar el tiempo de ejecución del baño en la cama a seco y con el tradicional, y observar los efectos sobre la saturación del oxígeno transcutáneo arterial y la frecuencia respiratoria, en pacientes críticos adultos. Método: estudio piloto de un ensayo clínico aleatorizado crossover, abierto, realizado con 15 pacientes críticos adultos. Cada paciente recibió el baño en la cama, a seco y de forma tradicional. Se utilizó el análisis de variancia con medidas repetidas adoptando el valor p≤0,05. Resultados: la mayoría de los pacientes era del sexo masculino (73,3%), blancos (66,7%), con media de edad de 69,7 años. El baño a seco fue más rápido (20,0 minutos) que el tradicional (30,0 minutos) (p<0,001). No hubo diferencia significativa entre los promedios de saturación de los pacientes entre los baños (p=0,381), siendo 94,7% en el baño a seco y 95,2% en el tradicional. Durante el baño tradicional la media, de la frecuencia respiratoria, de los pacientes fue mayor (24,2 incursiones por minuto) y estadísticamente diferente (p<0,001) del valor obtenido en el baño a seco (20,5 incursiones por minuto). Conclusión: El baño a seco tuvo una duración menor que el tradicional, resultando en una menor exposición de los pacientes. El tradicional baño en la cama generó efecto negativo sobre la frecuencia respiratoria de los pacientes, elevándola. Registro Brasileño de Ensayos Clínicos (ReBEC): RBR-5qwkqd Objetivo: comparar o tempo de execução do banho no leito a seco e do tradicional, e os seus efeitos sobre a saturação transcutânea de oxigênio arterial e a frequência respiratória em pacientes críticos adultos. Método: estudo piloto de um ensaio clínico randomizado crossover, aberto, realizado com 15 pacientes críticos adultos. Cada paciente recebeu o banho no leito a seco e o tradicional. Utilizou-se a análise de variância com medidas repetidas, adotando-se o valor p≤0,05. Resultados: a maioria dos pacientes era do sexo masculino (73,3%), brancos (66,7%), com média de idade de 69,7 anos. O banho a seco foi mais rápido (20,0 minutos) que o tradicional (30,0 minutos) (p<0,001). Não houve diferença significativa entre as médias de saturação dos pacientes entre os banhos (p=0,381), sendo 94,7% no banho a seco e 95,2% no tradicional. Durante o banho tradicional, a média da frequência respiratória dos pacientes foi maior (24,2 incursões por minuto) e estatisticamente diferente (p<0,001) do valor obtido no banho a seco (20,5 incursões por minuto). Conclusão: o banho a seco teve uma duração menor que o tradicional, resultando em uma menor exposição dos pacientes. O tradicional banho no leito gerou efeito negativo sobre a frequência respiratória dos pacientes, elevando-a. Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos (ReBEC): RBR-5qwkqd

Older adults who need assistance with bathing often find the activity to be both physically and emotionally demanding, as do their caregivers. Research has identified several contributing factors, including pain; fatigue and weakness; confusion; anxiety resulting from being naked in front of strangers, being afraid of falling, and being in a noisy or unfamiliar place; and discomfort from cold or drafty bathing areas or harsh water sprays. The authors of this article make the case for the elimination of forced bathing. Research supports this change in philosophy and practice, whereby bathing is not a task to be performed but rather a human interaction. Inexpensive, practical, and evidence-based alternatives are discussed.

Nontraditional methods of bathing may prove less agitating for individuals with dementia. This study examines a modified Thermal bath option. ABSTRACTBathing creates some of the highest levels of discomfort in the lives of individuals diagnosed with dementia. The present study measured the frequency of 14 agitated behaviors during bathing in 15 elderly residents with dementia residing in a continuing care center. Each resident was observed for four sessions of two different bathing methods, the conventional tub bath and a modification of the bed bath, known as the Thermal bath. The summed frequencies of all agitated behaviors was significantly less for the Thermal bath than the tub bath. This overall effect was greater in men than women and in one particular behavior, shivering. The results suggest that for individuals with dementia the Thermal bath offers a viable alternative to the conventional tub method. Further research may clarify other parameters, such as cost effectiveness and long-term effects of the use of non-rinse cleansers for elderly individuals.

Bathing disability, evidence of functional decline, predicts admission to long-term care facilities following acute care hospitalizations. Nurses are challenged to assess bathing disability in hospitalized older persons and those with dementia to support their maximal functional performance and implement diverse bathing strategies.

Like its popular predecessor, the new edition of Bathing Without a Battle presents an individualized, problem-solving approach to bathing and personal care of individuals with dementia. On the basis of extensive original research and clinical experience, the editors have developed strategies and techniques that work in both institution and home settings. Their approach is also appropriate for caregiving activities other than bathing, such as morning and evening care, and for frail elders not suffering from dementia.

• Background For bedridden patients unable to perform personal hygiene measures because of acute illness or chronic debilitation, the bed bath, with either the traditional basin or, more recently, disposable baths, has long been a measure for improving hygiene and comfort. • Objective To compare the traditional basin bed bath with a prepackaged disposable bed bath in terms of 4 outcomes: time and quality of bath, microbial counts on the skin, nurses’ satisfaction, and costs. • Methods Forty patients in surgical, medical, or cardiothoracic intensive care units received both types of bath on different days. Baths were observed, timed, and scored for quality. Cultures of the periumbilicus and groin were obtained before and after each bath. At the end of the study, nurses were interviewed about their preferences. • Results Neither total quality scores nor microbial counts differed significantly between the 2 bath types. Significantly fewer products (P < .001) and less time were used, cost was lower, and nurses’ ratings were significantly better with the disposable bath. • Conclusion The disposable bath is a desirable form of bathing for patients who are unable to bathe themselves in critical care and long-term care settings, and it may even be preferable to the traditional basin bath.

Nursing practices are subject to intersecting and competing discourses, which give them different, sometimes contradictory, meanings. In this article, using a case of intimate bodily care, we explore the workings of these discourses in a nursing student's account of her first experience of bathing an elderly woman. In particular we were interested in how different meanings of nursing “care” figure into the student's story. Through our analysis, we realized that a range of contradictions and tensions structured the student's experience. These contradictions were primarily produced by a collision between two discourses: the student's commonsense way of understanding the intimacy of such an act (liberal humanist discourse) and the impersonal approach characteristic of institutionalized care (scientific medical discourse). This collision caused distress and confusion, such that the student became almost as vulnerable as her patient. We argue that this type of detailed analysis of a nursing student's experience may increase our understanding of the discursive struggles that occur for students during their shifting between classrooms and clinical sites, between theory and practice, in the process of becoming professionals. Understanding these struggles and the relationships of power that produce both nursing student and patient as “vulnerable bodies” is important for nurse educators because they offer opportunities for intervention in the shaping of nursing professionals.

There is a decline in the quality of bathing and the attention given to patients' general toilet needs while in hospital. This essential aspect of nursing care, which was once seen as one of the most important aspects of a nurse's duties, is now being downgraded or delegated to support workers. The reason for this is either a shortage of qualified nurses, or that registered nurses are now more concerned and preoccupied with paperwork or other more technical tasks and medical procedures.