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Going to the "toilet room" for bowel movement and urine elimination; cleaning self after elimination, and arranging clothes | Going to the "toilet room" for bowel movement and urine elimination; cleaning self after elimination, and arranging clothes | ||
=== Unassisted === | === Unassisted === | ||
* goes to "toilet room", cleans self, and arranges clothes without assistance (may use object for support such as cane, walker, or wheelchair and my manage night bedpan or commode, emptying same in the morning | * goes to "toilet room", cleans self, and arranges clothes without assistance (may use object for support such as cane, walker, or wheelchair and my manage night bedpan or commode, emptying same in the morning. | ||
*NOTE: if there is a hospital policy that restricts a patient to bed rest, thought patient may be able to go to the bathroom on his own if allowed, document this as unassisted. | |||
=== Minor === | === Minor === | ||
* receives assistance in going to "toilet room" or in cleansing self or in arranging clothes after elimination or in use of night bedpan or commode. | * receives assistance in going to "toilet room" or in cleansing self or in arranging clothes after elimination or in use of night bedpan or commode. | ||