The way in which body parts are positioned in relation to one another, whether lying, sitting or standing.
What is posture or body alignment?
100
A semi-sitting position in bed where the head of the bed is elevated 45-90 degrees.
What is a high-Fowler's position?
100
Moving a client from a lying to a sitting position where the legs hang over the edge of the bed toward the floor.
What is dangling?
100
A move towards alternative therapies which allow the client greater freedom and limit the restrictions placed on them for exhibitions of difficult behaviours.
What a least restraint policy?
200
A microbe that can cause harm such as an infection or disease.
What is a pathogen?
200
A front-lying position on the abdomen, with the head turned to one side.
What is the prone position?
200
A back-lying position with the legs together.
It may also be called the dorsal recombent position.
What is a supine position?
200
An assitive walking device that consists of one leg with four stabilizers attached to the bottom.
What is a quad cane?
200
Any medication which is used to alter a client's ability to interact physically or emotionally.
What is a chemical restraint?
300
Guidelines to prevent the spread of infection from blood and bodily fluids.
What is Standard Practices or Precautions?
300
The area on which an object rests.
What is the base of support?
300
A side-lying position that uses pillows to support the back and seperate the legs.
What is the lateral position?
300
A safety device that must always be engaged prior to transferring a client onto a mobile seat.
What are brakes?
300
A violation of a person's rights and freedoms.
What is a restraint?
400
The process of removing soil, dead skin cells and excess microbes from the skin.
What is handwashing?
400
An agency regulation that prohibits workers from manually transferring clients and instructs them to use a mechanical device instead.
What is a no-lift policy?
400
A left side-lying position where the right leg is sharply flexed so that it is not on the left leg and the left arm is positioned along the client's back.
What is the Sims' position?
400
Always requires two trained care givers to operate.
What is a mechanical lift?
400
An object or location where a client is placed that can inhibit their ability to move about freely.
What is an environmental restraint?
500
A disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body.
What is an infection?
500
The horizontal mid-point of a person's body.
What is the center of gravity?
500
A position in which the lower extremeties are placed lower than the body and head, which are elevated on an inclined plane.
What is the reverse-Trendelenberg position?
500
A sudden fall in blood pressure that occurs when a person gets up.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
500
A facilities guidelines regarding the use of restrictive devices; who may order or administer them and how often a client must be checked when such devices are being used.