Which term means to align or position?

• A. Overbed table
• B. Oral care
• C. Orientation
• D. Oriented

Answer: (D)

The idea being tested is how we describe aligning or positioning something. Oriented is the word that conveys that a person or object has been set in a specific direction or relative position. When something is oriented, its alignment has been established to match a reference—like facing the head of the bed or lining up with midline. In healthcare notes, you’d say the patient is oriented to position or is oriented in bed, meaning the body part or person is correctly aligned.

The other terms don’t fit as neatly. An overbed table is just equipment used to support items; oral care is a nursing task; orientation refers to the process of positioning or to awareness in a broader sense, not the state of being positioned. So oriented best expresses the idea of having been aligned or positioned.