HST Review: Assisting with Mobility

The stiffening or immobility of a joint resulting from disease, trauma, surgery, or bone fusion.

• posture

• contraindicated

• contracture

• ankylosis

When ambulating, a gait belt is often ______.

• worn around the nurse assistant’s waist for back support

• used to keep the patient positioned properly

• used to help stand the patient, and then removed before walking

• put around the patient’s waist to provide a way to hold onto the patient

What are three safety guidelines to follow when positioning or moving a patient?

What are three safety guidelines to follow when positioning or moving a patient?

Describe the three stages of patient ambulation.

The ability to walk from one place to another.

The main purpose of positioning and turning is to ______.

• avoid low blood pressure

• provide daily exercise

• decrease pressure on body parts

• create stimulation

Healthcare workers can help patients perform active ROM exercises by ______.

• informing the patient that he should be mobile when home

• instructing how to perform the range of motion

• taking the patient outdoors so he can have fresh air

• moving the patient in his wheelchair to the dining room

Term that describes any situation or condition that causes a particular type of treatment to be improper or undesirable.

• gait belt

• contraindicated

• ankylosis

• atrophy

Match the following

• circumduction

• 
• flexion

• 
• pronation

• 
• abduction

• 
• eversion

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