Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . To do this, bend your arm slightly, pass itbehind the patient, place your hand under her farshoulder, your fingers in her axilla, and let her neckrest in the bend of your elbow. When passing yourarm behind the patient, raise her head with your freehand. (See Fig. 6.) 5. When moving a helpless patient to one side ofthe bed, pass one arm under her neck and shoulderand the other under the upper part of the thighs;draw her toward you or, if she is tall, put one armback of her head and shoulders and the other underthe small of her back, and move the uppe
Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . To do this, bend your arm slightly, pass itbehind the patient, place your hand under her farshoulder, your fingers in her axilla, and let her neckrest in the bend of your elbow. When passing yourarm behind the patient, raise her head with your freehand. (See Fig. 6.) 5. When moving a helpless patient to one side ofthe bed, pass one arm under her neck and shoulderand the other under the upper part of the thighs;draw her toward you or, if she is tall, put one armback of her head and shoulders and the other underthe small of her back, and move the upper part ofthe body first, then slip one arm under the small of theback and the other under the thighs and so move thelower portion of the body. When two nurses work 140 Practical Nursing together, one supports the head and shoulders withone arm and slips her other arm under the small of theback. The second nurse slips one of her arms underthe back also, right beside that of the first nurse, andher other arm under the thighs. Sometimes it isv. Fig. 6. Lifting Head and Shoulders better to stand on the same side, and sometimes onopposite sides, of the bed. 6. When moving a patient to one side of the bed,always draw her toward you. 7. Before attempting to lift a patient from the bed,draw her to the side of the bed so that you will notneed to bend your back. 8. Avoid lifting a patient when your back is the bed is very low, bending the knees slightlywill be, if the patient is at the side of the bed, all thatis required to bring you to a proper level. If your Bed-Making and Moving Patients 141 back is bent as you raise the patient, it will get muchmore of the weight than if it is straight. To Turn a Patient on her Side Method I. To turn a weak or helpless patienttoward you, slip one arm over her far shoulder andobliquely across her back, so that your hand comes
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