Title: Demonstrate the various positions for the resident in bed.
Course: Nurse Aide (14051) > Section: Unit VIII: Personal Care Skills

Demonstration should include

- supine – flat on the back
- lateral – lying on the side
- prone – lying on the abdomen
- Fowler’s – on the back with the head of bed elevated 45 to 60 degrees; semi-Fowler’s is 30 to 45 degrees; high Fowler’s is 60 to 90 degrees
- Sims’ – extreme side-lying position, almost prone
- Trendelenburg – the head is lower than the rest of the body
- reverse Trendelenburg – the head is higher than the rest of the body
- logrolling – on the side with the spine straight.