Contact Hours 1.00
CERP A 1.00
Expires Feb 01, 2028
Topics: ECMO
Population: Adult
Role: APRN, Staff
Activity Summary
Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes
Early mobility positively impacts patient receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy by decreasing mechanical ventilation time, delirium incidence, and length of intensive care unit stay and improves physical functioning. This article discusses a quality improvement initiative by an organization to evaluate an ambulation protocol for adult intensive care unit patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.Objectives
- Identify the components of ambulation protocol for patients receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation therapy.
- Describe the protocol elements and implementation of the protocol.
- Analyze clinical outcomes of using a protocol for ambulation (adverse effects, distance and time walked).
Continuing Education Disclosure Statement
Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours
Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
AccreditationAmerican Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of
nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for
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Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.
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