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Home Nursing Advice Column #5: Patient Positioning

The position a patient is in has a great deal to do with their comfort. It can also help prevent complications like pneumonia and pressure injuries.

The following are positioning strategies one could use to improve the health and comfort of patients and prevent complications:

Comfort:

Someone spending a long time in bed will probably eventually want to sit up comfortably in that bed. Make it easy to do this by taking a straight-backed chair and laying it "seat down" at the head of the bed, so the patient can lean back on the back of the chair. This allows them to sit partially upright while reading, eating, watching TV, or working on a computer.

If the person has pain in their abdomen or back or if they have a tendency to slip down in bed, put a pillow or two under the knees. This will stop them sliding and help relax the abdominal muscles, which decreases pain.

Elevating an injured limb on a pillow or five can help with throbbing-type pain.

Place a small pillow or folded towel in the small of the back to help with back pain. Bonus points if it is a warm towel or hot water bottle.

Someone with cramping pain from arterial insufficiency in their lower legs can benefit from hanging their legs over the side of the bed.

Someone who has difficulty breathing may feel better sitting straight up or even leaning forward slightly. A fan blowing cool air in their face helps take away the feeling of air hunger.

Elevating the legs in someone with heart failure or venous insufficiency can help the water in the swelling re-enter circulation and be urinated out normally.

Prevention:

Someone who has difficulty moving in bed should be turned (or reminded to turn) every 2 hours to prevent pressure injuries. Pressure injuries are wounds that occur when constant pressure to a certain spot prevents good blood flow and causes the skin and the tissue below it to break down. To keep the person turned in the direction you want them to be in, place a pillow under one side of their back.

Help people who "scrunch down" in bed pull themselves up frequently. This helps prevent pneumonia. Coughing forcefully and taking deep breaths every hour or so also helps keep small passages in the lungs open and prevent pneumonia.

Sitting straight up while eating helps prevent people who have trouble swallowing (such as after a stroke) from breathing in their food and water. Breathing in (aspirating) food or drink increases the risk of choking and pneumonia.

Someone who snores or has sleep apnea while on their back may benefit from sleeping in "recovery position" or on their side. Help someone stay on their side by placing a pillow between their legs.

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a ramble post that started with only one sentence, turned into several paragraphs:

i am in my new huge body pillow, i feel like i am in a cloud and a nest and a throne all at the same time 😆

i so much hope this will make me have less pain and less muscle fatigue (and less wake up in the morning with pain!). i will need to try out different arrangements of pillows and whatnot, of course, to find what works best.

low muscle tone and hypermobility and mostly bedbound and low mobility combination makes very much weakness and pain (and pain caused by weakness). i hope for this pillow to support my body better for posture! my only worry is that a change in positioning (even if positive in the long run) will make me more sore in the short term.

i also am thinking recently that i maybe need to change around the way i have things set up in my bed. the first step is a new overbed table, one that goes all the way over, with legs on either side of the bed (instead of the one i have now, which goes under the bed from one side and is smaller). i already ordered one, and it will come soon and dad will rearrange things slightly in my room to fit it!

after that i might need to switch to not have weighted blanket, it keeps pulling down my feet when i sit up with my legs out in front of me. and generally is heavy and difficult for me to lift a move (especially because of the many many other blankets i have on top). and often drags off one side/end of the bed and i can't move it back because it is too heavy and i am too weak. unfortunately, i also need weighted blanket + many extra blankets for the sensory-ness of the weight on top of me as i sleep... so i don't know how i will figure this one out.

it is also very hard and sad to think of changing any of this, though, so it will not be immediate at all. i spend so much time in my bed and my room is my safe place. so it needs to stay feeling safe, most importantly.

positioning and posture and body support is things that i struggle with a lot, and cause me a lot of pain. so trying to figure out things that work for my body and all its needs... feels near impossible.

Ouch. *deep fucking sigh turn into a groan*

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"Near Me" Makes a Big Difference: "Near Me" searches pull results based on the user's physical location. This is like a whole different funhouse room, showing local businesses a searcher might miss otherwise.

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The Incognito Enigma: Personalized search tailors results based on past searches. An incognito window is like a secret passage, showing a more neutral (and potentially different) funhouse experience.

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The Good News:

By understanding these factors, we can optimize your website for various search scenarios, increasing the chances of appearing in the "good" funhouse mirrors for your target audience.

Additional Tips:

Use location targeting in your SEO strategy.

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Create high-quality video and image content.

Build a strong local presence for "near me" searches.

Consider the impact of personalized search and incognito browsing.

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Positioning

This curious verb is in great favor among marketing experts, but no two of them agree what it means. My own definition is ‘what the product does, and who it is for.’ —David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising (1983)