Exam 18: Safe Lifting, Moving, and Positioning of Patients

The nurse assisting a weak patient from a bed to the wheelchair to go to physical therapy would:

When the poststroke patient complains to the nurse, "I don't see why you are wasting your time doing the passive range of motion exercises on my legs," the nurse's most informative response would be based on the knowledge that the exercises:

A patient in the skilled nursing facility has left-sided paralysis from a stroke several years before, as well as generalized weakness. The nurse should ensure which of the following devices is in place to prevent flexion contractures?

The charge nurse on the night shift of a skilled nursing facility is orienting a new aide to the unit. The LPN's most accurate information relative to moving patients is:

The nurse uses professional knowledge about body mechanics to prevent the most common occupational disorder in nurses, which is:

The primary function of a joint is to provide ______________ to the skeleton.

To place a patient in the Sims' or lateral lying position, the nurse would initially:

A frail older patient is able to stand but not to ambulate. She has an order to be up in a wheelchair as desired during the day. A safe and appropriate way to assist her up to a chair is to:

The nurse explains to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) that a shearing force is applied to the patient when:

There are two main factors in the development of pressure ulcers. One is pressure and the other is __________.

A 70-year-old immobile patient, who has right-sided weakness caused by a recent stroke, weighs approximately 250 pounds and needs to be moved up in bed. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is ambulating an unsteady patient from the bed to a chair in the patient's home. To do so safely, the nurse applies a gait belt and:

Complications or injury from incorrect alignment and positioning include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse and an assistant are preparing to get a patient out of bed for the first time after a week of bed rest. They begin by having the patient dangle on the edge of the bed. The nurse should:

A nurse is instructing one of the facility's unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) regarding body mechanics for moving and lifting. The nurse recognizes that further instruction is warranted when the UAP states, "I will:

A health care provider orders the nurse to place a patient in Fowler's position. The nurse should elevate the head of the patient's bed:

While the nurse is assisting a patient to ambulate, the patient suddenly says, "I'm dizzy. I can't stand up." As the patient begins to fall, the nurse should:

To provide correct body alignment for a physically immobile patient in bed in the supine position, the nurse:

As the nurse is helping an 85-year-old man to stand and ambulate, he complains that he feels that he has lost all of his strength in the last several years and cannot do the things he could do when he was 80. The nurse's most informative response would be:

The nurse caring for a patient with a nursing diagnosis of Injury, risk for, related to right-sided weakness as evidenced by unsteady gait, would accommodate the patient by: