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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"patient mobility"”.
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Implementation of Patient Mobility Assessment Tool: A Clinical Nurse Leader Initiative Towards Improved Patient and Nurse Health Outcomes
… a fundamental and logical intervention to reduce patients functional decline and muscle weakness. Recently, our healthcare system is encouraging nurses to become more actively involved in assessing patient’s mobility status and managing their mobilization. However, since the high nursing workload …
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Three essays on the effects of health policy on health care financing, demand, and provision
… as measured by out-of-pocket spending among patients. This effect could be explained by the fact that the reimbursement levels in the full implementation stage are substantially higher than those in the pilot stage. This effect is heightened among lower-income, younger, better educated, and …
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Essays in Applied Health Economics: Evidence on Health and Health Care in Italy and UK
… (1978) approach has been applied to data on patients’ flows across Italian Provinces in order to derive the geographic dimension of each market. Our results provide evidence in favour of the empirical predictions of Sutton. Chapter 3 deals with the patient mobility in the Italian NHS. To …
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A Wireless Surface Electromyography (WSEMG) System
… a unique data channel, positioned about the patient's body. Data transmission cables are linked between the surface mounted sensor nodes and a backpack worn by the patient. As the number of sensors increases, the patient's freedom of mobility decreases due to the lengthy data cables linked …
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A Clinical Nurse Leader Initiative: Promoting Mobility Among Long-Term Care Facility Residents
<p>Maintenance of mobility during hospitalization or stay in long-term care facility result in improved patient outcomes including but not limited to decreased incidence of falls, non-pharmacological pain intervention, and prevention of further functional decline. In a 45-bed rehabilitation unit of …
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation to improve muscle weakness in hip osteoarthritis: A feasibility study
… and ii) emerging evidence in related patient populations to support NMES for improving muscle strength and function. These findings shaped the design of a case-control study that compared lower limb strength in individuals with hip osteoarthritis to their healthy counterparts. When …
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Towards Real-time Wireless Sensor Networks
… sensor systems to collect medical data from patients, monitor the safety of our infrastructure, and control manufacturing processes in our factories. To date, the focus of the sensor network community has been on developing best-effort services. This approach is insufficient for many …
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Creating A Culture of Mobility: A Quality Improvement Project
… title:</strong> Creating A Culture of Patient Mobility in An Acute Care Setting.</p> <p><strong>Unit:</strong> Medical Surgical unit. </p> <p><strong>Author:</strong> Vincent Samuel RN, BSN</p> <p><strong>Institution:</strong> University of San Francisco; Kaiser Permanente Nurse Scholar …
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Improving Pain Management in the Cardiac Procedure Unit
… Procedure Unit (CPU) specializes in the care of patients who are undergoing various cardiac procedures. The day-to-day operations are composed of Registered Nurses (RNs), Patient Care Technicians (PCTs), Unit Assistant (UA), and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) with an oversight from the Medical …
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Evaluating the musculoskeletal health state of intensive care unit survivors
… problems impacting physical function of patients post-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions may be complex in presentation, with ICU survivors potentially at greater risk of their development. The MSK health state of ICU survivors and the relationship to …