Mastering Mobility: Innovative Partnership to Achieve Improved Staff and Patient Outcomes

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Patient immobility is recognized as a contributing factor to development of pressure injury and patient deconditioning. ICU patients that are advanced in age, obese, and high acuity challenge the current nursing environment of decreased staffing and resources. According to a recent randomized controlled trial, only 47% of the high risk-patients are turned every 2 hours. In this foundational session, the execution of nurse-mobility technician partnerships demonstrates improved and sustained outcomes for patients and staff.

Objectives

Describe the interdisciplinary implementation of an early progressive mobility protocol that included a mobility technician.
Explain of improved patient outcomes with the nurse-mobility technician partnership.
Discuss the reduction of staff injury with dedicated mobility technician support.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American 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 1.00 contact hours.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.