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SEMI-FOWLER'SDESCRIPTION: | Head of bed elevated to 30 degrees | INDICATIONS: | Gastric feedings | Head injury | Increased intracranial pressure | Postoperative following cranial surgery or cataract removal | Respiratory illness |
FOWLER'SDESCRIPTION: | Head of bed elevated to 45-60 degrees | INDICATIONS: | Postoperative following abdominal surgery, thyroidectomy, or cataract removal | Respiratory illness or cardiac problems with dyspnea | Bleeding esophageal varies |
HIGH-FOWLER'SDESCRIPTION: | Head of bed elevated to 90 degrees | INDICATIONS: | Respiratory illness with dyspnea | Emphysema | Status asthmaticus | Pneumothorax | Cardiac problems with dyspnea | Feeding | During & after meals | Hiatal hernia | Insertion of nasogastric tube |
SUPINEDESCRIPTION: | Lying on back, head, and shoulders; slightly elevated with a small pillow | INDICATIONS: | Spinal cord injury (no pillow) |
| | PRONEDESCRIPTION: | Lying on abdomen, legs extended, and head turned to the side | INDICATIONS: | Pt who is immobilized or unconscious | Postoperative following lumbar puncture 6 to 12 hr | Following pyelogram 12 to 24 hr (oil-based dye) | Postoperative following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy |
LATERAL (SIDE-LYING)DESCRIPTION: | Lying on side with most of the body weight borne by the lateral aspect of the lower ilium | INDICATIONS: | Postoperative following tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and abdominal surgery | Client who is unconscious | Seizures (head to side) | Postoperative pyloric stenosis of the lower scapula and the lateral (right side) | Postoperative following liver biopsy (right side) | Rectal irrigations |
SIMS' (SEMI-PRONE)DESCRIPTION: | Lying on left side with most of the body weight borne by the anterior aspect of the ilium, humerus, and clavicle | INDICATIONS: | Client who is unconscious | Enema administration |
LITHOTOMYDESCRIPTION: | Lying on the back with hips and knees flexed at right angles and feet in stirrups | INDICATIONS: | Perineal, rectal, & vaginal procedures |
| | TRENDELENBURGDESCRIPTION: | Head and body lowered while feet are elevated | INDICATIONS: | Some surgeries | During labor if umbilical cord pressure is trying to be relieved |
MODIFIED TRENDELENBURGDESCRIPTION: | Supine with legs elevated | INDICATIONS: | Shock |
REVERSE TRENDELENBURGDESCRIPTION: | Head elevated while feet are lowered | INDICATIONS: | Cervical traction | Feeding pts restricted to supine position, such as postoperative following cardiac catheterization |
ELEVATE ONE OR MORE EXTREMITIESDESCRIPTION: | Elevate legs/feet or arms/hands by adjusting or supporting with pillows | INDICATIONS: | Thrombophlebitis | Application of cast | Edema | Postoperative following procedure on extremity |
DORSAL RECUMBENTDESCRIPTION: | Supine with knees flexed | INDICATIONS: | Urinary catheterization of female | Urinary catheterization of female | Abdominal data collection | Abdominal wound evisceration |
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