NSE 12A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ileum, Trochanter, Clavicle
12 Sep 2016
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Nse12 week 8 body movement mobility and immobility lifting, moving and positioning skills. Nursing process when lifting, moving, transferring and positioning clients. Assessment of body alignment, mobility and activity intolerance. Essential techniques for assisting a client to move up in a bed, repositioning a client, assisting a client to a sitting position and transferring a client between a bed and a chair or from a bed to a stretcher. Nursing process when implementing rom with clients. Body alignment refers to the relationship of one body part to another along a horizontal or vertical line. Correct alignment reduces the strain on musculoskeletal structures. Achieved when low centre of gravity is balanced over wide, stable base of support. A physical force or the resistance encountered between two surfaces when moving over each other. Knowledge of safe working posture is crucial to prevent injury. Identify how the following pathological/physiological influences affect body alignment and joint mobility:
