Skill Checklists for Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach

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Skill Checklists for Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills:
A Nursing Process Approach, 3rd edition

Name Date

Unit Position

Instructor/Evaluator: Position

SKILL 9-5

Transferring a Patient Using a Powered

Full-Body Sling Lift

Goal:The transfer is accomplished without injury to patient or

nurse and the patient is free of any complications of immobility. Comments

1. Review the medical record and nursing plan of care for
   conditions that may influence the patient’s ability to move
   or to be positioned. Assess for tubes, IV lines, incisions, or
   equipment that may alter the positioning procedure. Iden-
   tify any movement limitations.


2. Perform hand hygiene and put on PPE, if indicated.


3. Identify the patient. Explain the procedure to the patient.


4. If needed, move the equipment to make room for the chair.
   Close curtains around bed and close the door to the room,
   if possible.


5. Adjust the bed to a comfortable working height, usually
   elbow height of the caregiver (VISN 8 Patient Safety
   Center, 2009). Lock the bed brakes.


6. Lower the side rail, if in use, on the side of the bed you are
   working. If the sling is for use with more than one patient,
   place a cover or pad on the sling. Place the sling evenly
   under the patient. Roll the patient to one side and place
   half of the sling with the sheet or pad on it under the
   patient from shoulders to mid-thigh. Raise the rail and
   move to the other side. Lower the rail, if necessary. Roll
   the patient to the other side and pull the sling under the
   patient. Raise the side rail.


7. Bring the chair to the side of the bed. Lock the wheels, if
   present.


8. Lower the side rail on the chair side of the bed. Roll the
   base of the lift under the side of the bed nearest to the
   chair. Center the frame over the patient. Lock the wheels
   of the lift.
   9.Using the base-adjustment lever, widen the stance of the
   base.


9. Lower the arms close enough to attach the sling to the
   frame.

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