To lighten up their feelings patients often ask for a change in position and surroundings.
Transferring patient from bed to chair.
The only way to do this is to safely transfer the patient from bed to chair or wheelchair.
Some patients with the help of a caregiver will be able to transfer from a bed or chair directly to the shower commode chair while others with some weight bearing ability will require a standing transfer aid to get up from a bed or chair and then back down to a sitting position in the shower commode chair.
At the same time ask the patient to reach for the wheelchair armrest.
If using wheelchair line it with a blanket or sheet and arrange pillows on the seat and against the back.
Put the foot rest up and lock the wheels.
Once the patient s legs are touching the seat of the wheelchair bend your knees to lower the patient into the seat.
If the patient starts to fall during the transfer lower the person to the nearest flat surface bed chair or floor.
Place the chair conveniently at night angles to the bed back of chair parallel to the foot of the bed and facing the head of bed.
Transferring a patient from a bed to a chair or a stretcher can be a challenge as you will need to support them properly to move them.
Lying in bed for a long period of time is generally depressing and boring for most patients.
Patients who cannot walk or put weight on their legs will need to be transferred regularly at home and in a hospital setting.
3 7 patient transfers transfers are defined as moving a patient from one flat surface to another such as from a bed to a stretcher perry et al 2014.
Types of hospital transfers include bed to stretcher bed to wheelchair wheelchair to chair and wheelchair to toilet and vice versa.