Patient Positions

position of lying on side

• Supine

• Lateral

• Medial

• Prone

position of lying on back

• Supine

• Lateral

• Prone

• Medial

belt used to help patients change position when the patient is cooperative and

can bear some weight

• Discharge belt

• Utility belt

• Admission belt

• Transfer belt

position of lying on stomach

• Prone

• Supine

• Lateral

• Medial

position of lying with head lower than feet

• Trendelenburg

• Reverse Trendelenburg

• Fowler's

• Semi-Fowler's

position of sitting with knees bent and feet flat on the floor

• Fowler's

• Semi-Fowler's

• Lithotomy

• Sitting

position used for childbirth

• Lithotomy

• Prone

• Supine

• Lateral

position of lying on back with legs elevated

• Trendelenburg

• Reverse Trendelenburg

• Lithotomy

• Fowler's

position used for rectal examination

• Knee-chest

• Prone

• Supine

• Lateral

position of lying on back with head elevated

• Fowler's

• Prone

• Supine

• Lateral