BODY MECHANICS AND PATIENT MOBILITYy

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Body mechanics and patient mobility


 
  
Created May 29, 2011
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NurseRenee26

 

 
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Field of physiology that studies muscular action and the function of muscles in maintaining...
 
 BODY MECHANICS
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WHAT IS ANTERIOR FACING
 
FRONT
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WHAT IS ANTERIOR FACING
 
BACK
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Face-up or lying horizontally on the back
 
Dorsal/Supine
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supine position with patient lying on back,head and sholders, with extremities moderately flexed,legs...
 
Dorsal Recumbent 
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head of bed raised approximately 30 degrees
 
simi fowlers
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sitting up in bed at 90 degree angle, sometimes resting forward supported by pillow on overbed...
 
Orthopneic
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laying on side with knee and thigh drawn upward towards chest.
 
Sims
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Horizontal position when laying face down
 
Prone
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patients kneels; weight of body supported by knees and chest, with abdomen raised, head turned...
 
Knee-Chest
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Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally.
 
Lithotomy
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Head low and body and legs elevated on an incline
 
Trendelenburg

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