{"id":415,"date":"2015-04-27T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T19:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=415"},"modified":"2023-08-12T20:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T20:30:51","slug":"4-18-steps-in-preparing-to-ambulate-the-patient","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=415","title":{"rendered":"4.18 Steps in Preparing to Ambulate the Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Review the patient&#8217;s medical record for an authorizing physician&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n<p>Review the patient&#8217;s nursing care plan for information regarding the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical limitations.<\/li>\n<li>Mechanical equipment being utilized; that is, IV infusion pumps, chest drainage set, urinary drainage sets.<\/li>\n<li>Distance patient is to ambulate.<\/li>\n<li>Length of time patient is to be out of bed.<\/li>\n<li>Frequency patient is to get out of bed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Review the Nurse&#8217;s Notes to identify the patient&#8217;s previous tolerance of the activity specified.<\/p>\n<p>Explain the rationale for getting out of bed to the patient.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-medicate for pain prior to getting out of bed, if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Ensure that the patient is appropriately clothed, including footwear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review the patient&#8217;s medical record for an authorizing physician&#8217;s order. Review the patient&#8217;s nursing care plan for information regarding the following: Physical limitations. Mechanical equipment being utilized; that is, IV infusion pumps, chest drainage set, urinary drainage sets. Distance patient is to ambulate. Length of time patient is to be out of bed. Frequency patient &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=415\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">4.18 Steps in Preparing to Ambulate the Patient<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":346,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-415","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions\/870"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}