Identify safety checks that must be performed

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What assessments should a nurse make before assisting a client to move or transfer from bed to wheelchair/commode/walker/chair?

- What information would you give to the client after the assessment and "before" moving or transferring?

- Identify the safety checks that must be performed before transferring a client.

- List and describe the aids or devices are available to nurses to assist with transfers?

- Describe the correct body mechanics a nurse must use when transferring a client.

- Define and differentiate between:

- Physical restraint

- Chemical restraint

- Environmental restraints

- State the rationale for the following:

- A client's chart indicating that they require a "2-person transfer:

- A client's chart indicating that they require a non-weight bearing right leg transfer

- When moving a client up in bed, adjusting the head of the bed to a flat position or as low as tolerated

- Discuss your decision making for transferring a client to their chair before breakfast, after a bed bath, before a bed change Numeracy

- If your patient ambulated 10 meters in the hallway using their four wheeled walker, how many feet would you report the patient ambulated to the family?

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