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STANDING POSITION (Patient Is Sitting)

The document provides instructions for positioning patients in three positions - standing, supine, and Sim's position - for examinations. For standing position, the nurse explains they will support the patient from the waist and shoulders to bring them to a standing position by the bed. For supine position, the nurse will either turn the patient gently onto their back or have them lie back, and adjust pillows for comfort. For Sim's position, the nurse helps the patient turn onto their left side and flex their limbs in a particular configuration to expose the area for examination.

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STANDING POSITION (Patient Is Sitting)

The document provides instructions for positioning patients in three positions - standing, supine, and Sim's position - for examinations. For standing position, the nurse explains they will support the patient from the waist and shoulders to bring them to a standing position by the bed. For supine position, the nurse will either turn the patient gently onto their back or have them lie back, and adjust pillows for comfort. For Sim's position, the nurse helps the patient turn onto their left side and flex their limbs in a particular configuration to expose the area for examination.

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STANDING POSITION (patient is sitting)

*prepare equipment (alcohol, drape, safety pin)


: Good morning po Ma’am! I’m Chippy, I will be your nurse for today. May I know your name and
birthday po? *check nametag*
: I’m here today po to assist you to a standing position in preparation for your vaginal examination. You
can cooperate with me by following my instructions during the procedure.
*hand hygiene*
*provide privacy*
*place a chair on the side of the bed*
: Ma’am I will assist you to a standing position. I will place my knees against your knee and my hands on
your waist. You can place your hands over my shoulder. Is that okay with you po mam?
*put slipper*
: In a count of three, I will put you to a standing position. 1,2, 3.
*put the hand of the patient to the chair*
*encircle the lower portion of the patient using a double folded sheet like a skirt with an opening at one
side. Secure by placing a safety pin
*low foot stool, let the patient step on it, spread the foot stool until patient is comfortable
* raise the gown upward exposing the part to be examined

SUPINE POSITION (patient is sitting)


*prepare equipment (alcohol, pillow, small pillow or folded blanket)
: Good morning po Ma’am! I’m Pizza, I will be your nurse for today. May I know your name and birthday
po? *check nametag*
: I’m here today po to assist you to a supine position in preparation for your general physical
examination.
*hand hygiene*
*provide privacy*
(: Ma’am I will be putting you into a lying position. In doing this, I will be placing my left arm around your
shoulder and my right arm under your knees. Is that okay with you po?
*observe proper body mechanics; Bend knees, back is straight
: Ma’am at the count of three, I will turn you to a lying position. 1, 2, 3)
OR
(: Ma’am can you please lie on your back?)
:Ma’am I will just put a pillow (big) under your head.
: Ma’am, can you bend your knees? *smol pillow under the knee*
*can have the patient cross hands above the chest or lie loosely
: Ma’am you can just place your hands loosely on your side.
*put sheet from neck to shoulders downward without tucking on the side

SIM’S POSITION
*prepare equipment (alcohol, drape)
: Good morning po Ma’am! I’m Piattos, I will be your nurse for today. May I know your name and
birthday po? *check nametag*
: I’m here today po to assist you to sim’s position in preparation for your rectal examination.
*sanitize hands*
*provide privacy*
: Ma’am, I will assist you po in a lying position, facing the left side
*Help the patient turn on her left side, left arm drawn behind her body
*Extend the left arm behind the back and flex the elbow of the right arm forward
*Flex the right thigh towards the abdomen with the knees drawn up higher that the left knee which is
only slightly flexed
*Lay out the draping sheet as in horizontal recumbent position. Fold back or gather a side of the sheet
to exposed the area to be examined

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