Question

A patient lying supine in bed is being transferred to a wheelchair using a transfer belt. which action would the nurse perform just before moving the patient to the side of the bed?

Answer 1

The nurse’s action before moving the patient to the side of the best is to have the patient’s head raise in the bed with a thirty degrees angle as this is necessary in a patient’s position for it is a standard patient position and should be applied when placing the patient on the bed.