N125 Week 2 Clinical Skills: Patient positioning (Lateral,
SIMs, Log), Moving up, Supine or Prone, Supported Fowler
Questions With Complete Solutions
4-year-old child is immobilized after hip surgery. Which
intervention should the nurse perform?
Ask the child's mother to leave the room to avoid upsetting her
with position changes.
Remove the coloring books so the child can rest.
Leave the bed at waist height because the child requires frequent
care.
Ensure that side rails are up after providing care. Correct
Answer Ensure that side rails are up after providing care.
A hemiplegic patient with spasticity is in the prone position with
a pillow under the hip on the affected side. What is the optimal
position for this patient's affected leg?
Flexed 90 degrees from the hip with a pillow at the pelvis
Flexed 90 degrees at the knee with a pillow at the ankles
,Flexed 30 degrees at the knee with a pillow at the knees
Flexed 30 degrees from the hip with a pillow at the back
Correct Answer Flexed 30 degrees at the knee with a pillow at
the knees
A new nurse is attempting to place a drawsheet under a patient.
The preceptor recognizes that the nurse understands how to
place the sheet appropriately when the nurse takes which action?
The nurse asks the patient to sit up.
The nurse asks the patient to raise his or her hips.
The nurse attempts to lift the patient using the current
drawsheet.
The nurse rolls the patient onto his or her side. Correct Answer
The nurse rolls the patient onto his or her side.
A new nurse is helping move a patient up in bed. The
performance evaluation reflects that nurse injury prevention
technique is followed when the new nurse performs which
action?
, Faces the side of the bed
Raises the bed to a more comfortable position
Faces the direction in which the patient is to be moved
Places his or her feet close together Correct Answer Raises
the bed to a more comfortable position
A nurse enters the room of a hemiplegic patient in the prone
position. Which finding would require the nurse to reposition the
patient?
Head turned to the unaffected side
Affected arm out to the side with the elbow bent
Knees flexed slightly with a pillow under the tibial area
Knees flexed slightly with a pillow under the tibial area Correct
Answer Head turned to the unaffected side
SIMs, Log), Moving up, Supine or Prone, Supported Fowler
Questions With Complete Solutions
4-year-old child is immobilized after hip surgery. Which
intervention should the nurse perform?
Ask the child's mother to leave the room to avoid upsetting her
with position changes.
Remove the coloring books so the child can rest.
Leave the bed at waist height because the child requires frequent
care.
Ensure that side rails are up after providing care. Correct
Answer Ensure that side rails are up after providing care.
A hemiplegic patient with spasticity is in the prone position with
a pillow under the hip on the affected side. What is the optimal
position for this patient's affected leg?
Flexed 90 degrees from the hip with a pillow at the pelvis
Flexed 90 degrees at the knee with a pillow at the ankles
,Flexed 30 degrees at the knee with a pillow at the knees
Flexed 30 degrees from the hip with a pillow at the back
Correct Answer Flexed 30 degrees at the knee with a pillow at
the knees
A new nurse is attempting to place a drawsheet under a patient.
The preceptor recognizes that the nurse understands how to
place the sheet appropriately when the nurse takes which action?
The nurse asks the patient to sit up.
The nurse asks the patient to raise his or her hips.
The nurse attempts to lift the patient using the current
drawsheet.
The nurse rolls the patient onto his or her side. Correct Answer
The nurse rolls the patient onto his or her side.
A new nurse is helping move a patient up in bed. The
performance evaluation reflects that nurse injury prevention
technique is followed when the new nurse performs which
action?
, Faces the side of the bed
Raises the bed to a more comfortable position
Faces the direction in which the patient is to be moved
Places his or her feet close together Correct Answer Raises
the bed to a more comfortable position
A nurse enters the room of a hemiplegic patient in the prone
position. Which finding would require the nurse to reposition the
patient?
Head turned to the unaffected side
Affected arm out to the side with the elbow bent
Knees flexed slightly with a pillow under the tibial area
Knees flexed slightly with a pillow under the tibial area Correct
Answer Head turned to the unaffected side
