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Differences In Perceived Patient Mobility Barriers Among Nurses From Various Departments And Location Work Sites, Teresa Bigand, Danell Stengem, Crystal Billings, Jennifer Hoople, Tiffanie Rampley, Elena Crooks, Nathaniel Nickerson, Brandon Clem
Differences In Perceived Patient Mobility Barriers Among Nurses From Various Departments And Location Work Sites, Teresa Bigand, Danell Stengem, Crystal Billings, Jennifer Hoople, Tiffanie Rampley, Elena Crooks, Nathaniel Nickerson, Brandon Clem
2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference
Background: Hospitalized patients suffer negative outcomes related to lack of mobilization activities such as falls with injury or infection. Mobility requires a multi-disciplinary team approach including Registered Nurses (RNs), Certified Nursing Assistants (NA-Cs), and Physical/Occupational Therapists (PT/OTs) to promote best patient outcomes. The Johns Hopkins Culture of Mobility toolkit provides evidence-based practices for integrating multi-disciplinary mobilization efforts for hospitalized patients. This toolkit had not been implemented on a busy orthopedic post-operative nursing unit in one large hospital.
Purpose/aims: To test the impact of the culture of mobility toolkit on caregiver perceptions of mobility barriers and evaluate the implementation of the …