Positioning And ROM Mod 8

Question 1

What are some rules when positioning a patient?

Answer 1

Maintain correct alignment
Change every 2 hours
Know mobility status and equipment needed
Know medical conditions and limitations

Question 2

What are contractures?

Answer 2

Caused by a shortened muscle or joint from spasticity over a period of time

Question 3

What is supine?

Answer 3

Laying on your back

Question 4

What is prone?

Answer 4

Laying on stomach (pillow under hips and shins)

Question 5

What is side lying?

Answer 5

Laying in your side (pillow between knees)

Question 6

What is sims position?

Answer 6

Laying on stomach with one leg up

Question 7

What is high Fowler’s position?

Answer 7

Laying on back with head of bed raised 90 degrees

Question 8

What is semi Fowler’s position?

Answer 8

Laying on back with head of bed raised to 60 degrees

Question 9

What is low Fowler’s?

Answer 9

Laying on back with head of bed raised 15-30 degrees

Question 10

What is the purpose of Fowler’s?

Answer 10

Improves heart function, good for patients who had a stroke or feeding

Question 11

What is the trendelenburg position?

Answer 11

Laying on back with foot of bed raised 15-30 degrees

Used for patients in shock

Question 12

What is the reverse trendelenberg?

Answer 12

Laying on back with head of bed raised 15-30 degrees

Prevents vomiting and helps respiration

Question 13

What is the dorsal recumbent position?

Answer 13

Laying on back with legs bent on the bed

Used for examinations

Question 14

What is the lithotomy position?

Answer 14

Patient lying on back with feet in stirrups

Used for Pap tests

Question 15

What is the purpose of using pillows?

Answer 15

Supports extremities
Elevates body parts off the bed
Relives pressure

Question 16

What is the purpose of using boots or splints on a foot?

Answer 16

Maintains dorsiflexion

Prevents pressure on heel

Question 17

What is the purpose of hand rolls or splints?

Answer 17

Prevents contractures
Promotes thumb adduction
Prevents dorsiflexion of the wrist

Question 18

What is the purpose of trochanter rolls?

Answer 18

Prevents external rotation of hips and legs

Keeps legs together

Question 19

How do you perform adduction and abduction on a patient?

Answer 19

Spread fingers apart

Flap arms like a bird

Question 20

How would you perform supination and pronation on a patient?

Answer 20

Flip the wrist palm facing up and down

Question 21

How would you perform flexion and extension on a patient?

Answer 21

Raise arm at a 90 degree and and put at side

Question 22

How would you perform planter flexion and dorsiflexion on a patient?

Answer 22

Move ankle up and down pointing toes up and down

Question 23

How would you perform top and bottom rotation on a patient?

Answer 23

Flex knees towards each other then away

Question 24

How would you perform eversion and inversion on a patient?

Answer 24

Flex ankle onwards and outwards