Safe Patient Handling & Mobility (SPHM) for Direct Patient Care
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You encounter a patient who has fallen in the lobby and cannot immediately get back up. Which
method is safest to help the patient, after appropriate professional assessment to make sure the
patient can safely be moved? - Call for a nearby floor-based full body lift or air-assisted lifting
device
A nurse performed a thorough assessment and determined the patient requires extensive
assistance and must be transferred using the overhead lift. What sling should the nurse select to
safely move the patient from a wheelchair to a bed? - Universal/seated sling
Prior to inflating an air-assisted lateral transfer mattress, which of these states the correct steps to
be performed? - Patient is centered, air holes face down (away from patient), lock surfaces
Mr. M usually uses a powered stand assist lift (sit to stand) to transfer from his wheelchair to a
commode; however, when you approach him he appears tired and is barely able to lift his legs to
place them on the foot plate. What is the FIRST action you should take? - Stop the transfer and
have the patient's status assessed.
Your 144-pound patient is unable to turn or move up in bed. Which of these choices is the safest
way to boost and turn this patient? - Repositioning sling, suitable for leaving under the patient,
with an overhead lift or floor-based full body lift.
Your patient weighs 72 pounds and has no legs. The patient has a sling that works on him and
can be inserted and removed in bed or in a chair. He is not able to self-transfer using a slide
board. He asks to be picked up by hand in a "bear hug" today to transfer to his chair, because he's
light and doesn't think the sling is necessary. What is the best course of action? - Tell the patient
that it's not safe to lift manually and that you're not allowed to lift him without using SPHM
technology. If he refuses to use any safe method, contact your supervisor for help.
Providers Post Test UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
You encounter a patient who has fallen in the lobby and cannot immediately get back up. Which
method is safest to help the patient, after appropriate professional assessment to make sure the
patient can safely be moved? - Call for a nearby floor-based full body lift or air-assisted lifting
device
A nurse performed a thorough assessment and determined the patient requires extensive
assistance and must be transferred using the overhead lift. What sling should the nurse select to
safely move the patient from a wheelchair to a bed? - Universal/seated sling
Prior to inflating an air-assisted lateral transfer mattress, which of these states the correct steps to
be performed? - Patient is centered, air holes face down (away from patient), lock surfaces
Mr. M usually uses a powered stand assist lift (sit to stand) to transfer from his wheelchair to a
commode; however, when you approach him he appears tired and is barely able to lift his legs to
place them on the foot plate. What is the FIRST action you should take? - Stop the transfer and
have the patient's status assessed.
Your 144-pound patient is unable to turn or move up in bed. Which of these choices is the safest
way to boost and turn this patient? - Repositioning sling, suitable for leaving under the patient,
with an overhead lift or floor-based full body lift.
Your patient weighs 72 pounds and has no legs. The patient has a sling that works on him and
can be inserted and removed in bed or in a chair. He is not able to self-transfer using a slide
board. He asks to be picked up by hand in a "bear hug" today to transfer to his chair, because he's
light and doesn't think the sling is necessary. What is the best course of action? - Tell the patient
that it's not safe to lift manually and that you're not allowed to lift him without using SPHM
technology. If he refuses to use any safe method, contact your supervisor for help.
