Positioning

A patient who is positioned flat on his/her back is in the ________ position

• supine

• fowler's

• prone

• Sims

The position used for the patient to eat, watch TV, visit with family and read is the _______ position

• supine

• fowler's

• prone

• Sims

A patient who is positioned on his/her stomach is in the _______ position

• supine

• prone

• fowler's

• Trendelenburg

This position is know as the _______ position

• Trendelenburg

• Reverse Trendelenburg

• prone

• supine

This position is known as the ___________ position

• Trendelenburg

• Reverse Trendelenburg

• Prone

• Supine

This is the position used for gynecological exams and child birth. It is know as the ________ position

• lithotomy

• supine

• fowler's

• sims

This position is used for examining and surgical procedures of the prostate or rectum

• prone

• proctological

• supine

• fowler's

This position is used for colonoscopies and the patient is on his/her left side with the top knee flexed.

• Sims

• fowler's

• supine

• prone

The type of position used mainly for easier breathing or to prevent regurgitation if the patient has a feeding tube is the ________ position

• supine

• semi-fowler's

• Trendelenburg

• prone

This position promotes easier labor for a patient progressing through labor and delivery.

• knee chest

• prone

• supine

• Sims