The assignment of a designated staff member to the role of mobility aide helped ensure greater continuity of care.

摘要

Increasing patient mobility is an intervention that has repeatedly been shown to produce positive outcomes. Although other studies have identified fear of dislodging lines, tubes, and drains as barriers to patient mobility, no such adverse events were associated with mobility exercises during the study period in this mobility program. The results of this project are similar to those of other quality improvement projects conducted in ICUs and surgical units or focused on specific patient populations-we found that our mobility program could reduce falls, pressure ulcer incidence, and readmission rates.