University:
Nebraska Indian Community College
Course:
420 | Nursing
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2023
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Valentin Snyder

Patient Positioning Cheat Sheet Supine (Dorsal Recumbent) Supine position (dorsal recumbent) is wherein the patient lies flat on the back with head and shoulders slightly elevated using a pillow unless contraindicated (e.g, spinal anesthesia, spinal surgery). Fowler's (Low, Semi, and High Fowler's) Orthopneic (Tripod) oron reside or the bed with a lever bed fate in iron to leg pontion and several pillows on the tatte to rest on. Prone in tree trion, cher lette de sten whee ninete we do we loser telesen Lateral (Side-Lying) In lateral position, the patient lies on one side of their body with the top leg in front of the bottom leg and the hip and knee flexed. Flexing the top hip and knee and placing this leg in front of the body creates a wider, triangular base of support and achieves greater stability. Sim's (Semiprone) The patient assumes a posture halfway between the lareral and the prone positions. The lower arm is positioned behind the client, and the upper arm is flexed at the shoulder and the elbow. The upper leg is more acutely flexed at both the hip and the knee, than is the lower one.

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