NURSINGPKGFALL 2018
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Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
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The carriage of the body as a whole is termed as body position. It is also referred to as posture. The body positioning plays an important role in the therapeutic practice of nursing. The movements and positions of the body are described as commonly used terms such as abduction, adduction, flexion, extension, circumduction, supination, pronation, inversion, opposition, and eversion.

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