A nurse is ambulating an unsteady patient from the bed to a chair in the patient's home. To do so safely, the nurse applies a gait belt and:
A) slides his hand from the bottom under the gait belt at the middle of the patient's back.
B) grasps the gait belt from the top at the middle of the patient's back, pulling it tight against the patient's abdomen.
C) has one person on each side grasp the belt from the top.
D) secures a regular man's belt snugly around the patient's waist to use if the patient starts to fall.

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The nurse puts his hand from the bottom at the rear, so he can pull up if the patient starts to fall and not lose the grip on the gait belt. The gait belt should be tight enough to secure the patient, but loose enough for the passage of the nurse's hand.

A Nurse Is Ambulating an Unsteady Patient from the Bed