Increasing patient mobility through an individualized goal-centered hospital mobility program: A quasi-experimental quality improvement project

Decreased mobilization of hospitalized patients results in hospital-acquired functional decline and worse patient outcomes, including pressure injuries (formerly called pressure ulcers or decubitus; Edsberg et  al., 2016), injury from falls, hospital-acquired pneumonia, delirium, venous thromboembolism, increased rehabilitation need, prolonged hospitalization, and increased medical care costs (Chandrasekaran, Ariaretnam, Tsung,& Dickison, 2009; de Morton, Keating,& Jeffs, 2007; Kalisch, Lee,& Dabney, 2014; Kamel, Iqbal, Mogallapu, Maas,& Hoffmann, 2003; Liu, Almaawiy, Moore, Chan,& Straus, 2013; Mudge, Giebel,& Cutler, 2008; Mundy, Leet, Darst, Schnitzler,& Dunagan, 2003; Padula, Hughes,& Baumhover, 2009; Stolbrink et  al., 2014).
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