Early Ambulation in Post-Operative Patients
The PICOT question in your presentation is, “What is the impact of early ambulation on patients compared to bedrest on improving overall recovery and decreasing hospital costs?” Based on this PICOT, I agree with you that the purpose of the EBP project is to compare the impact of early ambulation patients’ mobility status to bedrest on improving recovery time and decreasing hospital costs. Also, I agree with you that the EBP project explores the impact of early ambulation on hospital costs and the patient’s overall health status.
Guided by the research purpose, I agree with you that researching the benefits of early ambulation in elderly patients undergoing lumbar decompression and fusion surgery is relevant and necessary. Also, researching the impact of early enforced mobilization after liver resection is important (Huang et al. 2021). In addition, your study on the consensus statement for perioperative care in total hip replacement and total knee replacement surgery uses the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system (GRADE) is relevant and appropriate to the research aim (Wainwright et al. 2020). However, your presentation does not mention the research method, sample, and setting used in the collection, analysis, and presentation of study findings.
I concur with your presentation about the influence of this research on nursing care. Prolonged bedrest indeed decreases the patient’s recovery process, causing various complications and increasing treatment costs. Also, I agree with you that the patient’s mobility status should be assessed early. This improves the patient’s psychological well-being and recovery process while lowering hospital costs. Thus, hospital professionals should increase their willingness to provide quality early ambulation care.
References
- Huang, J., Shi, Z., Duan, F. F., Fan, M. X., Yan, S., Wei, Y., & Tian, W. (2021). Benefits of early ambulation in elderly patients undergoing lumbar decompression and fusion surgery: a prospective cohort study. Orthopaedic Surgery, 13(4), 1319-1326.
- Wainwright, T. W., Gill, M., McDonald, D. A., Middleton, R. G., Reed, M., Sahota, O., & Ljungqvist, O. (2020). Consensus statement for perioperative care in total hip replacement and total knee replacement surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations. Acta orthopaedica, 91(1), 3-19.