PSW: Safety and Mobility Question and answers verified to
pass 2026/2027
1. Proper body
Moving the body in an eflcient and care way (good posture, balance and
me-chanics
strongest/largest muscles)
2. Fatigue,
What can result from improper use and positioning of the body? (3)
Muscle strain,
and injury
the way the head, trunk, arms and legs are aligned with one another.
3. Body
Alignment
(posture) Bend your knees and squat, involves upper arm and shoulder muscles
(do not bend from waste, hold items close to your body and base of
4. Lifting heavy
support)
ob-jects
5. Base of Support the area on which an object rests. (about shoulders arms apart, toes
pointing
forward, lunge stance is with one foot forward)
6. Skin protect the client's during handling, moving, and transfer pro-
cedures.
7. Friction rubbing of one surface against another
8. Shearing when the skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the
body is
moving
9. No-lift policy indicates which clients must use a mechanical lift
10. Turning pad also known as sliding pad, turning sheet, transfer sheet, lift pad, and
(inaccurately) a draw-sheet.
11. Log-rolling Clients need to be rolled as one unit
12. Stretchers used to transport clients who cannot sit up, must stay in a laying position,
, seriously ill, waiting for or returning from surgery.
13. every 2 hours whether in bed or chair, how often are clients repositioned?
, PSW: Safety and
Mobility
14 Three high fowler's, semi-fowlers,
. Fowler's low-fowlers
Positions
a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed raised to 45-90
15 High Fowler's degrees; knees may
. be slightly elevated
16. Semi-Fowler's Head of bed is 30-45 degrees
17. Low-Fowler's Head of bed is 15-30 degrees
18. Sitting position client who sit in chairs hold their upper bodies and head erect
19. Transfer a method used to move a client who can weight-bear from one place to
another
20. Lift clients who cannot weight-bear and must be manually lifted
21. Stand and Client's legs are strong enough to bear some
pivot Transfer weight, Client is cooperative and call follow
directions,
Client can assist with the transfer
22. After Transfer Check Pulse rate, complaints of light-headedness, pain, discomfort, diflculty
breathing, weakness, or fatigue, amount of help needed to transfer the
client, how the client helped with the transfer
23. Transfer belt used to transfer unsteady clients and those with disabilities, prevent falls
and
injuries
24. Lifts used to physically move the client from one place to another
25. Basic Transfer from bed to chair, commode chair or wheel chair can be modified for other
situations
26. Manual Lifts Physically picking up a client who cannot weight-bear
, 27. Mechanical Lifts
pass 2026/2027
1. Proper body
Moving the body in an eflcient and care way (good posture, balance and
me-chanics
strongest/largest muscles)
2. Fatigue,
What can result from improper use and positioning of the body? (3)
Muscle strain,
and injury
the way the head, trunk, arms and legs are aligned with one another.
3. Body
Alignment
(posture) Bend your knees and squat, involves upper arm and shoulder muscles
(do not bend from waste, hold items close to your body and base of
4. Lifting heavy
support)
ob-jects
5. Base of Support the area on which an object rests. (about shoulders arms apart, toes
pointing
forward, lunge stance is with one foot forward)
6. Skin protect the client's during handling, moving, and transfer pro-
cedures.
7. Friction rubbing of one surface against another
8. Shearing when the skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the
body is
moving
9. No-lift policy indicates which clients must use a mechanical lift
10. Turning pad also known as sliding pad, turning sheet, transfer sheet, lift pad, and
(inaccurately) a draw-sheet.
11. Log-rolling Clients need to be rolled as one unit
12. Stretchers used to transport clients who cannot sit up, must stay in a laying position,
, seriously ill, waiting for or returning from surgery.
13. every 2 hours whether in bed or chair, how often are clients repositioned?
, PSW: Safety and
Mobility
14 Three high fowler's, semi-fowlers,
. Fowler's low-fowlers
Positions
a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed raised to 45-90
15 High Fowler's degrees; knees may
. be slightly elevated
16. Semi-Fowler's Head of bed is 30-45 degrees
17. Low-Fowler's Head of bed is 15-30 degrees
18. Sitting position client who sit in chairs hold their upper bodies and head erect
19. Transfer a method used to move a client who can weight-bear from one place to
another
20. Lift clients who cannot weight-bear and must be manually lifted
21. Stand and Client's legs are strong enough to bear some
pivot Transfer weight, Client is cooperative and call follow
directions,
Client can assist with the transfer
22. After Transfer Check Pulse rate, complaints of light-headedness, pain, discomfort, diflculty
breathing, weakness, or fatigue, amount of help needed to transfer the
client, how the client helped with the transfer
23. Transfer belt used to transfer unsteady clients and those with disabilities, prevent falls
and
injuries
24. Lifts used to physically move the client from one place to another
25. Basic Transfer from bed to chair, commode chair or wheel chair can be modified for other
situations
26. Manual Lifts Physically picking up a client who cannot weight-bear
, 27. Mechanical Lifts
