Admitting, Transferring, Moving ,positioning & Discharging Patients

Its the ability to engage in activity and free movement, which includes walking, running, sitting, standing, lifting, pushing, pulling and performing ADLs (Activities of Daily Living)
Is a therapeutic intervention that achieves:
Rest for client’s who are exhausted
Decreases body’s O2 consumption
Reduces pain and discomfort

After 48 hr of bed rest-structural changes in joints and shorten muscles occur
7 days are needed to restore function lost after 1 day of bed rest
Is a therapeutic intervention that achieves:
Rest for client’s who are exhausted
Decreases body’s O2 consumption
Reduces pain and discomfort

After 48 hr of bed rest-structural changes in joints and shorten muscles occur
7 days are needed to restore function lost after 1 day of bed rest
Technically the biggest ‘safety system’ in healthcare is the minds and hearts of the workers who keep intercepting the flaws in the system and prevent patients from being hurt. They are the safety net, not the cause of injury