Intensive & critical care nursing : the official journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses
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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Apr 2012
Multicenter StudyIntegrating a multidisciplinary mobility programme into intensive care practice (IMMPTP): a multicentre collaborative.
ICU immobility can contribute to physical deconditioning, increased ICU and hospital length of stay and complications post discharge. Despite evidence of the beneficial outcomes of early mobility, many ICUs and providers lack necessary processes and resources to effectively integrate early mobility into their daily practice. ⋯ This multi-centre, ICU collaborative has shown that improvements in team culture, communication and resources can improve adoption of early mobility in ICU patients.