Identify the nursing assessment needed prior to ambulating clients. Identify the

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Identify the nursing assessment needed prior to ambulating clients.
Identify the general best practices for safe patient handling (SPH).
Identify the priority nursing measures used to prevent common complications of immobility on the various body systems.

Identify the nursing assessment needed prior to ambulating clients.
Identify the general best practices for safe patient handling (SPH).
Identify the priority nursing measures used to prevent common complications of immobility on the various body systems.

Nursing assessment

1. Whether patient is relief or not

2. Pain scale of patient

3. Anatomic condition of patient

4. Patient external features like talking and behavior

5. Patient treatment plan is ok to ambulate him or not

Safe patient handling

1. First is to take care.of wounds and stitches

2. Take help of other nurses while handling

3. Don't make mobile movement of paraplegia patient

4. Used gloves whenever touch to patient

5. Avoid sneezing and shouting during handling

6. Avoid use of sharp ailment while handling of patient

7. Use chairs and other object to move the patient

8. Patient should be handle as per body weight

Priority nursing care

1. Bed sore is common problem of immobility so mobility is most important

2. Before mobility we should focus on wound and surgical part and keep away to touch it

3. Carefully mobile the patient on bed as per requirements

4. Make proper plan to take care

5. Maximise used of patient while mobility

6. Take help of seniors