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CE Home > Gerontologic Nursing > CE127 Combating the Effects of Immobility
CE127d ·1.0 hr
Combating the Effects of Immobility
Authors: Lorraine S. McNeill, RN, C, MSN, CCRN, CNS, NP & Connie Sarvis, RN, BN, MN, CON(C), IIWCC, CWS, FCCWS

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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 bedrest.
  • 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 bedrest.

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