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CE Home > Home Health Nursing > Combating the Effects of Immobility

Combating the Effects of Immobility    
by Connie Sarvis, RN, BN, MN, CON(C), IIWCC, CWS, FCCWS and Lorraine S. McNeill, RN, C, MSN, CCRN, CNS, NP and Nanette Lavoie-Vaughan, MSN, APN
CE127-60 l 1.00 hr

Combating the Effects of Immobility - CE127-60
Objectives:

The goal of this program is to update nurses’ ability to combat the effects of immobility. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

  • Describe two psychological changes that occur during prolonged bed rest.
  • Identify one physiological change associated with each of the body’s systems when a patient is confined to bed.
  • List three nursing interventions that minimize complications of bed rest.

Course expires on 1/4/2012
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