BED MAKING

• Mobility - The ability to move freely
• Normal Movement - Result from intact musculoskeletal system
• Surgical Bed - Fanfolded Horizontally
• Body Alignment - Promotes optimal balance and maximum body function
• Line of Gravity - an imaginary vertical line drawn to the body center of gravity
• Center of Gravity - the point at which the body's mass is centered
• Base of support - the foundation on which the body rest
• Labyrinth (Inner Ear) - the vestibule and semicircular canal are responsible for equilibrium
• Twisting, Stooping, Rotating - Movements to avoid
• Cerebral Cortex - initiates voluntary motor activity
• Cerebellum - coordinates motor activities of movement
• Basal Ganglia - Maintains posture
• Body Mechanics - Term used to describe the efficient, coordinated, and safe use of the body to move
• 25% - Nurses Complain of chronic back pain
• 12% - Leave the profession due low back pain
• 20% - Transfer to different setting due to low back pain
• 25% - Change Jobs
• Do not lift more than 51 pounds
• Sim's position - patient lies between supine and prone with the legs flex in front of the patient
• Sim's Position - use for patient undergoing enemas or examination of the perennial area and to avoid pressure on the sacrum
• Fowler's Position - patients head of the bed is placed at 45 to 90 degree angle
• Low Fowler's Position - patience head of the bed is placed at 15 to 45 degree angle used for patients who have cardiac or respiratory conditions
• High Fowler's - 90 Degrees
• Trendelenburg Position - place the head of the bed lower than the feet used for hypotension and medical emergencies that promote venus return to major organs such as the head and heart
• Orthopneic Position - also called tripod position wherein the patient is placed either in a sitting position or on the side of the bed with an over bed table placed in front to lean on
• Dorsal Recumbent - patient lies on the back with the lower extremities moderately flex and rotated outward
• Lithotomy Position - involves the positioning of an individual's feet above or at the same level as the hips with the perineum position at the edge of an examination table 
• Pivoting - a technique in which the body is turned in a way that avoids twisting of the spine