Fundamentals Flashcards
1
Q
What position is this called?
- Head of bed elevated to 30°
Use: - Gastric feedings
- Head injury
- Postoperative cranial surgery
- increased intracranial pressure
- Respiratory illness
- Postoperative cataract removal
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Semi-fowlers
2
Q
What position is this called?
- Head of bed elevated to 45° to 60°
Use: - Postoperative abdominal surgery
- Respiratory illness or cardiac problems with dyspnea
- Bleeding esophageal varices
- Postoperative thyroidectomy
- Cataract removal
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Fowlers
3
Q
What position is this called?
- Head of bed elevated to 90°
- Respiratory illness with dyspnea
- Emphysema status asthmaticus
- Pneumothorax
- Cardiac problems with dyspnea
- Feeding
- Hiatal hernia
- During and after meals
- Insertion of nasogastric tub
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High-fowlers
4
Q
What position is this called?
- Lying on back, head, and shoulders; slightly elevated with a small pillow
Use: SCI (no pillow)
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Supine
5
Q
What position is this called?
- Lying on abdomen, legs extended, and head turned to the side.
Use: - Client who is immobilized or unconscious
- Post lumbar puncture 6 to 12 hr
- Post myelogram 12 to 24 hr (oil-based dye)
- Postoperative tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
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Prone
6
Q
What position is this called?
- Lying on side with most of the body weight borne by the lateral aspect of the lower ilium.
Use: - Post abdominal surgery
- Client who is unconscious,. seizures (head to side),
- postoperative tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy,
- postoperative pyloric stenosis of the lower scapula and the lateral (right side), post liver biopsy (right side), rectal irrigations.
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Lateral
Side-lying
7
Q
What position is this called?
- Lying on left side with most of the body weight borne by the anterior aspect of the ilium humerus, and clavicle
- Use: Client who is unconscious, enema administration
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Sims’
Semi-prone
8
Q
What position is this called?
- Lying on the back with hips and knees flexed at right angles and feet in stirrups
- Use: Perineal, rectal, and vaginal procedures
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Lithotomy
9
Q
What position is this called?
- Head and body lowered while feet are elevated
Use: - Some surgeries
- During labor if umbilical cord pressure is trying to be relieved
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Trendelenburg
10
Q
What position is this called?
- Supine with the legs elevated
- Use: Shock
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Modified Trendelenburg
11
Q
What position is this called?
- Head elevated while feet are lowered
Use: - Cervical traction
- To feed clients restricted to supine position
- Such as post cardiac catheterization
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Reverse Trendelenburg
12
Q
What position is this called?
- Elevate legs/feet or arms/hands by adjusting or supporting with pillows
- Use:
- Thrombophlebitis
- Application of cast
- Edema
- Postoperative surgical procedure on extremity
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Elevate one or more extremities
13
Q
What position is this called?
- Supine with knees flexed
Use: - Urinary catheterization of female
- Abdominal assessment
- Abdominal wound evisceration
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Dorsal Recumbent
14
Q
What position is this called?
- Client sits in bed or at bedside with a pillow overbed table; rest their arms on the overbed table
- Use: Allows for chest expansion
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Orthopneic
15
Q
Order of Applying PPE
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- Gown
- Mask
- Goggles/face shield
- Gloves
goes up the body, then to hands
