Module 5 Study Guide

Twisting your body to do your work is an example of

A patient/resident is being transferred back to bed after being up in the wheelchair for a long period of time. As the Nurse Assistant you can best protect your back by:

• Using the stronger muscles of your lower arms and back
• Keeping a wide base of support and keeping the patient/resident as close as possible to you as you perform the transfer
• Pulling the patient/resident with sudden jerky movements so that you are able to move the patient/resident alone
• Providing a lot of space between you and the patient/resident so that you have room for movement

Which of the following is NOT a basic rule of body mechanics?

• Assess the “job” to be done
• Use wide base of support
• Use smooth movements
• Use only your dominate hand when lifting
• Push, slide, or pull heavy objects instead of lifting

Keep residents body _ to your body to decrease the chance of injury when transferring them.

When assisting a patient/resident with left sided weakness to transfer from the bed to a chair, the chair should be located: on which side of the bed

The purpose of a gait belt is to Assist in transferring a dependent patient/resident and protect both the patient/resident and Nurse Assistant from

_ is allowing then resident to sit on side of bed a few minutes before transfers or ambulation.

What is this device called?

After positioning resident in wheelchair _ brakes.

To sit up with the feet over the side of the bed for a moment to regain balance.