Patient Care in Hospital Settings and Nursing Homes Questions and Correct Answers
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the Latest Update why is a patient positioning important for recovery?
it provides pain relief, enhances mechanical advantage for tasks, improves GI and
respiratory function, promotes comfort, and prevents deformities
what are the reasons for changing a patient's position?
to promote comfort...
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Patient Care in Hospital Settings and
Nursing Homes Questions and Correct
Answers
the Latest Update why is a patient positioning important for recovery?
✓ it provides pain relief, enhances mechanical advantage for tasks, improves GI and
respiratory function, promotes comfort, and prevents deformities
what are the reasons for changing a patient's position?
✓ to promote comfort, relieve pressure, stimulate circulation, prevent strain, and facilitate
treatments like range of motion exercises
who is at risk for pressure ulcers?
✓ patients confined to beds, immobile patients (due to fractures, sedation, paralysis), and
incontinent patients
where are pressure ulcers most likely to occur?
✓ over boney prominences such as heels, knees, hips, sacrum, and back of head
what is the supine position?
✓ the patient lies flat on their back, possible with pillows to prevent foot drop and for
comfort
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