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Guideline Implementation: Positioning the Patient.

Byron L Burlingame

|September 4, 2017

Summary

Patient positioning during surgery can cause injuries. AORN

Area of Science:

Perioperative nursing
Surgical patient safety

Background:

Surgical patient positioning is essential but carries risks of injury.
Patient positioning injuries vary by surgical position and patient factors like age and frailty.

Purpose of the Study:

To summarize key recommendations from AORN's updated guideline on patient positioning.
To highlight injury prevention strategies for various surgical positions.

Main Methods:

Review of AORN's "Guideline for positioning the patient".
Focus on prophylactic dressings, neurophysiological monitoring, and positioning in supine and prone positions.

Main Results:

Guideline addresses injury prevention for supine, Trendelenburg, lateral, lithotomy, prone, and sitting positions.

Keywords:

positioning pressure injury prone reverse Trendelenburg supine

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Adherence to the guideline can mitigate risks of surgical patient positioning injuries.
Perioperative nurses should utilize the guideline for policy development and patient care.