I received very good nursing care whilst I was in hospital. The care given to my personal hygiene was more or less none existent. I spent 2 nights in ICU, and on the day I was moved back to the gynaecological ward, after being on the ward a couple of hours I was offered a bed bath by a very thoughtful elderly nurse. This lady took care to wash my wound area which obviously could not be bandaged.
The following day I was offered the choice of a bed bath or a wash in the bathroom. I agreed to needing the help of the young nurse with this task as it was my first time out of bed. The help turned out to be nothing more than walking alongside me to the bathroom, placing a chair in front of the wash basin in the patients toilet, and told to shout if I needed help! I have to add that at this point I was feeling very weak.
At no time for the following two days in hospital was my wound area cleansed!
Where is the prevention of infection getting into my wound? Even on a less serious level, I would have thought help in keeping my body clean when feeling do weak was just a basic need.
"Care given to personal hygiene"
About: Lincoln County Hospital / Gynaecology Lincoln County Hospital Gynaecology LN2 5QY
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Update posted by Bootley (the patient) 6 years ago