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eccc nursing test 1 Questions and Answers
(Expert Solutions)
Q: Fowler's position ANS 🗹🗹: Head of bed raised to angle of 45 to 90 degrees; semi-
sitting position; foot of bed may also be raised at knee
Q: When do you use fowlers position? ANS 🗹🗹: While patient is eating
During nasogastric tube insertion and nasotracheal suction
Promotes lung expansion
Eases difficult breathing
Q: Semi-Fowler's Position ANS 🗹🗹: Head of bed raised approximately 30 to 45 degrees;
inclination less than Fowler's position; foot of bed may also be raised at knee
Q: When do you use semi-fowlers position? ANS 🗹🗹: Promotes lung expansion,
especially with ventilator-assisted patients
Used when patients receive oral care and for gastric feedings to reduce regurgitation
and risk of aspiration
Q: Trendelenburg position ANS 🗹🗹: entire bedframe is tilted with head of bed down
Q: When do you use trendelenhurg's position? ANS 🗹🗹: Used for postural drainage
Facilitates venous return in patients with poor peripheral perfusion
Q: Reserve Trendelenburg's position ANS 🗹🗹: Entire bedframe tilted with foot of bed
down
eccc nursing test 1 Questions and Answers
(Expert Solutions)
Q: Fowler's position ANS 🗹🗹: Head of bed raised to angle of 45 to 90 degrees; semi-
sitting position; foot of bed may also be raised at knee
Q: When do you use fowlers position? ANS 🗹🗹: While patient is eating
During nasogastric tube insertion and nasotracheal suction
Promotes lung expansion
Eases difficult breathing
Q: Semi-Fowler's Position ANS 🗹🗹: Head of bed raised approximately 30 to 45 degrees;
inclination less than Fowler's position; foot of bed may also be raised at knee
Q: When do you use semi-fowlers position? ANS 🗹🗹: Promotes lung expansion,
especially with ventilator-assisted patients
Used when patients receive oral care and for gastric feedings to reduce regurgitation
and risk of aspiration
Q: Trendelenburg position ANS 🗹🗹: entire bedframe is tilted with head of bed down
Q: When do you use trendelenhurg's position? ANS 🗹🗹: Used for postural drainage
Facilitates venous return in patients with poor peripheral perfusion
Q: Reserve Trendelenburg's position ANS 🗹🗹: Entire bedframe tilted with foot of bed
down
