title: Assessment of immobility hazards.
abstract: As home health care nurses, we see many patients who are bedridden or immobilized. Impaired physical mobility (immobility) is defined by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association as a state in which the individual experiences or is at risk for experiencing limitation of physical movement. Altered physical mobility can be a result of prescribed bedrest, movement physically restricted by an external device (e.g., a cast), voluntarily restricted movement, or impaired or lost motor function.
authors.affiliation: Florida State University School of Nursing in Tallahassee, USA. sfaria@mailer.fsu.edu
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Faria
mesh_terms: D001510:Bed Rest / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors