Positioning The Patient
Publication Date: May 1, 2017
Recommendations
Perioperative team members should provide care that respects the dignity and privacy of each patient during patient positioning.
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The perioperative RN should conduct a preoperative patient assessment to identify patients at risk for positioning injury, develop a plan of care, and implement interventions to prevent injury.
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Perioperative team members should identify and provide the positioning equipment and devices required for the operative or invasive procedure.
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Perioperative team members should select, clean, inspect, and maintain positioning equipment, devices, and support surfaces and should ensure that they are repaired or replaced when damaged, defective, or obsolete.
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Perioperative team members should use OR beds, positioning equipment and devices, and support surfaces correctly.
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Perioperative personnel should identify potential hazards associated with positioning activities and should establish safe practices.
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Perioperative team members should position patients on surfaces that reduce the potential for pressure injury.
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Perioperative team members should implement safe positioning practices.
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Perioperative team members should implement safe practices when positioning the patient in the supine position or modifications of the supine position.
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Perioperative team members should implement safe practices when positioning the patient in the Trendelenburg position or modifications of the Trendelenburg position.
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Perioperative team members should implement safe practices when positioning the patient in the reverse Trendelenburg position or modifications of the reverse Trendelenburg position.
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Perioperative team members should implement safe practices when positioning the patient in the lithotomy position or modifications of the lithotomy position.
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Perioperative team members should implement safe practices when positioning the patient in the sitting or semisitting position or modifications of the sitting or semisitting position.
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Perioperative team members should implement safe practices when positioning the patient in the lateral position or modifications of the lateral position.
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Perioperative team members should implement safe practices when positioning the patient in the prone position or modifications of the prone position.
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The perioperative RN should collaborate with the perianesthesia RN to identify patient injury caused by intraoperative positioning.
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Recommendation Grading
Disclaimer
Overview
Title
Positioning The Patient
Authoring Organization
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Publication Month/Year
May 1, 2017
Document Type
Guideline
External Publication Status
Published
Country of Publication
US
Inclusion Criteria
Female, Male, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Older adult
Health Care Settings
Hospital, Operating and recovery room
Intended Users
Surgical technologist, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, physician assistant
Scope
Management
Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D056888 - Patient Positioning
Keywords
perioperative nurse