Open Bed Course
This course teaches safe and efficient open bed making techniques to enhance patient comfort, safety, and dignity. You will learn infection control measures, proper documentation, ergonomic methods, and mattress care to prevent injuries, promote mobility, and provide superior bedside nursing care.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain step-by-step skills to make safe and comfortable open beds, ensuring skin integrity, minimising infection risks, and following standard precautions. Master mattress maintenance, linen choices, disinfection methods, documentation, communication, teamwork, and ergonomic practices for high-quality bedside care.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Master safe bed setup including brakes, rails, call bell, and patient comfort.
- Differentiate open and closed beds, prepare and convert them for various patients.
- Handle linens safely to prevent infection cross-spread during stripping and remaking.
- Perform mattress cleaning, inspection, and protection to avoid patient injuries.
- Apply ergonomic techniques and aids to reduce physical strain and staff injuries.
Suggested summary
Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.What our students say
FAQs
Who is Elevify? How does it work?
Do the courses have certificates?
Are the courses free?
What is the course workload?
What are the courses like?
How do the courses work?
What is the duration of the courses?
What is the cost or price of the courses?
What is an EAD or online course and how does it work?
PDF Course