The Guidelines Recommend It

The Guidelines Recommended It

Guidelines recommend early mobility

Three prominent societies have released guidelines and practice alerts recommending the use of early mobility to counter the complications of immobility.

Delirium Assessment and Management

American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Practice Alert, 201121		 Guidelines For Management Of Pain, Agitation and Delirium

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), 201322		 Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Standards

American Nurses Association (ANA), 201323
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21 Bell, L. AACN Practice Alert. Delirium Assessment and Management. Issued online November 2011

22 Barr J, et al. Crit Care Med. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit. 2013;41(1):263-306

23 Matz, W et al, Safe patient handling and mobility. Interprofessional national standards. (Maryland: American Nurses Association, 2013)