{"id":413,"date":"2015-04-27T19:02:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T19:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=413"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:27:51","slug":"4-17-principles-of-assisting-patients-out-of-bed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=413","title":{"rendered":"4.17 Principles of Assisting Patients Out of Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 5px solid #d20000; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                             <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ZMQ2kF13U8?si=Lf5_jBwh8b_ba9oL&amp;start=33\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<p>Reassure the patient of his personal safety against injury and over-exertion.<\/p>\n<p>If necessary, get additional help to assist you in ambulating the patient.<\/p>\n<p>Support the affected side or extremities of the patient when ambulating or moving.<\/p>\n<p>Do not overtire the patient; increase time up in the chair and ambulation gradually.<\/p>\n<p>Lock all wheelchair or litter wheels before transferring the patient from the bed.<\/p>\n<p>Stabilize the footstool, when it is utilized.<\/p>\n<p>Place a signal cord or call-light button within easy reach of the patient while he is up.<\/p>\n<p>Check on the patient frequently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reassure the patient of his personal safety against injury and over-exertion. If necessary, get additional help to assist you in ambulating the patient. Support the affected side or extremities of the patient when ambulating or moving. Do not overtire the patient; increase time up in the chair and ambulation gradually. Lock all wheelchair or litter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=413\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">4.17 Principles of Assisting Patients Out of Bed<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":346,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":985,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions\/985"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}