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9 Cards in this Set
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Supine position |
When patients are resting on there back |
Recommended after spinal surgery |
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Fowlers position |
Lying on back, elevating the head of the bed 60°-90° |
Improve cardiac output and respirations... also promotes trinary and bowel elimination |
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Semi-fowlers position |
Lying on back with the hear elevated 30°-60° |
Half way lower than fowlers |
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Low fowlers position |
Head elevated 15°-30° |
Lower degree than semi fowlers |
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Dorsal recumbent |
Knees flexed and soles of the feet flat on the bed |
Missionary position |
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Dorsal lithotomy positions |
Used for examining pelvic organs |
Women do this for their pap smears |
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Lateral position |
Having patients rest on their side |
Alleviates pressure from boney prominences in the back |
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Sims position |
Used for rectal examinations or inserting suppositories |
Patients lie like this for a colonoscopy |
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Prone position |
Lying face down |
Spinal cord injured patients often use this position |
