performing ambulation
Before performing ambulation, nurses or caregivers are required to analyze procedures. Ambulation is carried out through the following process. Before subjecting the patient to the operation of ambulation, the nurses are expected to perform a patient risk assessment to help determine the level of which the assistance is supposed to be given. At this stage, the nurse who is in charge is expected to assess risk and determine the patient’s muscle strength, activity tolerance, and the ability to move. It is through a patient risk assessment that the nurses can evaluate whether the ambulation will require machine help, or it can just be done without a machine. The assessment also helped establish the selection of other assistive devices. The amount of assistance given to a patient depends on their condition, length of stay, procedure, and previous mobility restrictions. After determining the level to which the ambulation has to be conducted, the procedure goes on.
The stage of the actual procedure requires that the nurses explain each of the steps to the patient. The nurse is expected to help the patient on all the systems from allowing the patient to sit from the bed, analyzing all the body mechanics and giving the patient different positions that inform him of how they should conduct their movement. It is at this stage that the patient has to be assisted to adjust to different standing positions. The last step under the ambulation process is to help the patient get to bed. The entire service plan only ends with the patient and not the nurse. The session is more patient-centered than nurse centered. The patient comfortability ends the interaction session between the patient and the nurse.