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Promoting Mobility In Post-Surgical Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Abel Sawa, Teresa Bigand
Promoting Mobility In Post-Surgical Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Abel Sawa, Teresa Bigand
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 …