Patient Mobiliy: Transfer Skills Vocab
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| Contraindication | Situations in which something is not indicated, inappropriate, or potentially dangerous
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| Full weight-bearing (FWB) | The ability on both legs
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| Gait Belt | An assistive device used to assist with ambulation
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| Manuel Patient handling | Moving a patient by hand or bodily force, including pushing, pulling, carrying, holding, or supporting the patient or a patients body part
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| Mechanical Lift | Used to transfer dependent or heavy patient from one surface to another
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| Nonweight-bearing (NWB) | Patient unable to place full weight on a paralyzed leg
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| Paralysis | Inability to move of any extremity
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| Paresis | Weakness of an extremity
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| Parial weight-bearing (PWB) | If patient has had hip surgery
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| Pivot | To twist or turn in a swiveling motion
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| Sitting (lateral) transfer | Patient sits throughout the transfer
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| Sliding Board | A plastic or wooden board about two feet long that has a slippery surface. Used for a sitting transfer
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| Standing transfer | Patient stands during the transfer with the help of one or two nursing assistants
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| Weight-bearing (WB) | The ability to stand one or both legs
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