Topic > General Nursing: The Concept of Mobility in Nursing

For example, sliding drapes made of low-friction material to easily reposition patients in bed; transfer belts are belts that are placed around the patient's waist for transfer and assistance to the patient during motor rehabilitation; transfer boards such as bananas and sliding boards are used to fill gaps in patient transfer from one surface to another; various lifts such as mobile, floor and ceiling lifts are used to lift, assist the patient in getting up and transferring him; stretcher used to transport the patient in a lying position and mobile chairs such as wheelchairs to transport the patient in a sitting and standing position. (Accident Compensation Society, [ACC]