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What position is the nurse place the client before surgery?

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Samantha Stewart

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Samantha Stewart
Samantha Stewart, Philanthropist, Post Graduate, Corpus Christi

Answered Dec 17, 2018

After a surgery, there are certain positions that patients should be sitting in so that they will recover better. These positions are known as the fowlers positions. For the fowler’s position which is named after the man, George Ryerson Fowler, it requires the patient to sit in the bed where the head of the bed is raised up and the foot of the bed remained flat.

For this client, the patient should be placed in the semi fowler’s position. This means that the bed is positioned so that the head of the bed is risen to about a 30-degree angle. This helps for those surgery patients who just went through heart, lung or other issues related to those organs. Then they will recover better.

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Chris Kenway

Chris Kenway

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Chris Kenway, Content Writer, Jacksonville

Answered Aug 29, 2018

The best position is C. Semi-Fowler’s position may be the best option available. This is the position wherein the patient’s trunk and head will be raised from 15 degrees to 45 degrees. The nurse may adjust this to 30 degrees as this is the most common. This is the type of position done in order to minimize the distress caused by respiratory illnesses.

In this case, the female would need to be in this position in order to restrict the stomach contents from just one place. The Sims position is specifically done for rectal examinations. The supine position is the most common surgical position but will not be useful for this case. The dorsal-recumbent position is used for the examination of the vagina and other similar procedures.

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John Smith

John Smith

John Smith
John Smith

Answered Jul 14, 2017

Semi-fowlers position

Semi-fowlers position will localize the spilled stomach contents in the lower part of the abdominal cavity.
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