Patient Positioning

Question 1

What position is a patient in when lying flat on the back?

Answer 1

Supine

Question 2

What position is a patient in when lying face-down?

Answer 2

Prone

Question 3

What position is a patient in when semisitting with the head elevated?

Answer 3

Semi-Fowler

Question 4

What position is a patient in when in a sitting position with a pillow supporting the thighs and legs?

Answer 4

Fowler

Question 5

What position is a patient in when in a semiprone position lying on the left side?

Answer 5

Left Lateral Recumbent

Question 6

What position is a patient in when lying on the side?

Answer 6

Side-lying

Question 7

What position is a patient in when lying supine with the legs bent?

Answer 7

Dorsal Recumbent

Question 8

What position is a patient in when lying supine with legs elevated higher than the head?

Answer 8

Trendelenburg

Question 9

What position is a patient in when lying in a prone position with the buttocks and knees drawn to the chest?

Answer 9

Knee-chest

Question 10

What position is the patient in?

Answer 10

Supine

Question 11

What position is the patient in?

Answer 11

Prone

Question 12

What position is the patient in?

Answer 12

Semi-fowler

Question 13

What position is the patient in?

Answer 13

Left Lateral Recumbent

Question 14

What position is the patient in?

Answer 14

Side-lying

Question 15

What position is the patient in?

Answer 15

Dorsal Recumbent

Question 16

What position is the patient in?

Answer 16

Fowler

Question 17

What position is the patient in?

Answer 17

Trendelenburg

Question 18

What position is the patient in?

Answer 18

Knee-chest