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  • Essay / General nursing: the concept of mobility in nursing

    For example, sliding sheets made with low-friction material to easily reposition patients in bed; transfer belts are belts placed around the patient's waist to transfer them and assist them during gait rehabilitation; transfer boards such as bananas and sliding boards are used to fill gaps related to transferring the patient from one surface to another; different hoists like mobile, standing and overhead hoists are used for lifting, helping the patient to get up and transferring the patient; a stretcher used to transport the patient in a lying position and movable chairs like wheelchairs to transport the patient in a sitting and standing position. (Accident Compensation Corporation, [ACC]