NCLEX Practice Questions: Safe Patient Handling and Movement

NCLEX Practice Quiz on How to Properly Assist a Client in Bed

The nurse is preparing to pull a thin, frail client up in the bed. No one responds to the nurse’s call for lifting assistance. Which is the best action by the nurse?
- 1. call again and apologize to the client for the wait
- 2. stand behind the bed at the client’s head, and pull her up gently from her armpits
- 3. since the client is small, pull her up in the bed by pulling on the draw sheet, alternating sides
- 4. if the client is able to roll and bend her knees, lower the head of the bed and place it in Trendelenburg’s position while helping the client bend her knees and push up

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