A Nurse Is Ambulating an Unsteady Patient from the Bed

Multiple Choice

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:

A) slides his hand from the bottom under the gait belt at the middle of the patient's back.
B) grasps the gait belt from the top at the middle of the patient's back, pulling it tight against the patient's abdomen.
C) has one person on each side grasp the belt from the top.
D) secures a regular man's belt snugly around the patient's waist to use if the patient starts to fall.