Body positioning is one of the method that optimize oxygen transport by manipulating effect of gravity on cardiopulmonary and cardiovascular function. Positioning should be an integral part of respiratory care, especially when prophylaxis is aimed. Turning patient supine to lateral to prone to lateral, at least hourly makes a difference between living and dying for intensive care patient. Positioning reduces atelectasis and improves gas exchange. Quantitative research approach with Pre-experimental (One-group pretest-posttest) design was adopted for this study. Purposive Sampling Technique with sample size of 57 was adopted in this study. The tool used for data collection was Demographic Performa and Clinical Measurement Performa. The analysis was done by using both descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, paired ‘t’ test. Paired t-test was used. The findings of the study revealed that there was significant difference between supine position (t-value=1.25, which was not significant at p<0.05 level of significance) and prone position (t-value=3.70, which was significant at p<0.05 level of significance) on improving oxygen saturation among patients with respiratory disorder. On the basis of the findings, the researcher concluded that prone position is more effective than supine position on improving oxygen saturation among patients with respiratory disorder and the researcher believed that prone position might be helpful and can be applied as a non-pharmacological therapy in the nursing care with respiratory disorder.
