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Mobility in context : principles of patient care skills

Title
Mobility in context : principles of patient care skills / Charity Johansson, Susan A. Chinworth.
Author
Johansson, Charity.
Publication
Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, ©2012.

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Chinworth, Susan A.
Description
xxx, 459 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm +
Subject
  • Transport of sick and wounded
  • Patients > Positioning
  • Nursing > Safety measures
  • Moving and Lifting Patients
  • Physical Therapy Modalities
  • Patient Positioning
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Establishing the therapeutic alliance -- The mechanics of movement -- Special environments -- Keeping it clean : maintaining cleanliness in the clinical environment -- Assessing physiological status : vital signs -- Draping for minimum exposure and maximum dignity -- Positioning your patient for mobility -- Transferring dependent patients -- Maintaining capacity for mobility through range-of-motion -- Bed mobility -- Horizontal transfers -- Vertical transfers -- Seated mobility : sitting but not sitting still -- fitting and propelling a wheelchair -- Ambulating.
ISBN
  • 9780803615274 (pbk.)
  • 0803615272 (pbk.)
LCCN
2011042714
OCLC
  • ocn748104608
  • 748104608
  • SCSB-14171694
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries