Transferring Patients

the act of moving or walking, with or without an assistive device.

• ambulation

• ergonomics

• body mechanics

• log roll

to sit up with the legs handing off the side of the bed in order to regain balance

• dangle

• ambulate

• reposition

• Fowler's position

semi-sitting position in which the head of the bed is elevated 45 to 60 degrees

• Sim's

• Semi-Fowler's

• Fowler's

• Dangle

Body position where a patient is lying on either side

• Fowler's

• Lateral

• Prone

• Supine

Position in which a person is lying on their stomach

• Dangle

• Prone

• Supine

• Lateral

rubbing or friction resulting from the skin moving one way and the bone underneath remaining fixed or moving in the opposite direction

• shearing

• resistance

• grating

• dangle

Body position in which a person is lying on their left side with their upper leg flexed

• Sims

• Prone

• Supine

• Fowler's

Body position where a person is lying flat on their back

• Supine

• Fowler's

• Sim's

• Prone

moving a person as a unit without disturbing the alignment of the body

• Logrolling

• Dangle

• Rotate

• Twisting

Body position used in emergencies, such as shock, where the person lies flat with their head is lower than their feet

• Trendelenburg

• Fowler

• Sims

• Medial