Moving and Handling of a Patient



Introduction

This piece is a reflection on moving and handling patients under NMC guidelines. Gibbs model has been employed to reflect on the situation. Patient's name is disguised for confidentiality purpose.

Description

On the first day of my clinical placement, I assisted an overweight patient Mrs. A in transferring her from bed to chair. She was finding it hard to control her balance. Zimmer frame was arranged but she was not able to use the equipment. Nurse and I then considered using ceiling hoist to transfer her but we both had no knowledge about using the equipment so ...