An individual has gone to have a shower. What type of bed should be made up for their return?
a. Closed bed.
b. Open bed.
c. Unoccupied bed.
d. Operation bed.
c
An unoccupied bed is the term used to describe a bed
that is either temporarily vacated by the individual (e.g.
during a shower) or a bed that is being made up after an
individual's discharge from the healthcare facility.
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