title: Portable bathtub: technology for bed bath in bedridden patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  determine the benefits of the Portable Bathtub as technology for bed bath in bedridden patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  qualitative research of exploratory-descriptive character, whose data were collected by means of 30 interviews with patients, family members and professionals directly involved in bed bath, carried out with Portable Bathtub, in bedridden patients of a medical clinic, from July to December 2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  from the data encoded by thematic content analysis resulted two categories: Portable Bathtub: from morphine to the patient's rekindled eyes; From mechanized practice to unique, transforming care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  we concluded that the Portable Bathtub constitutes enhancing technology, as it enables clinical improvement of the patient's general condition and transcends traditional mechanized practices by the reach of advanced nursing care practices.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dirce Stein
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Backes
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carine Alves
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Simone Barbosa
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Program in Nursing, Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Noelucy Ferreira
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Teles
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marli Terezinha Stein
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Backes
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000592:standards*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000592:standards; D000070659:Patient Comfort / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards