Move to improve: progressive mobility in the intensive care unit.

Autor: Atkins JR; Jordan R. Atkins, BSN, RN, is a staff nurse at High Point Regional-UNC Health Care. Donald D. Kautz, PhD, RN, CRRN, CNE, ACNS-BC, is an associate professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro., Kautz DD
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN [Dimens Crit Care Nurs] 2014 Sep-Oct; Vol. 33 (5), pp. 275-7.
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000063
Abstrakt: Bed rest has detrimental consequences, and therefore in the ICU, progressive early mobility should be the goal for every patient expected to survive. This article examines the consequences of immobility, barriers experienced when attempting to increase patients' mobility, and ways in which dedicated mobility teams can overcome these barriers.
Databáze: MEDLINE