title: Adequacy of the Activities in the Nursing Intervention Exercise Therapy: Ambulation for Medical-Surgical Patients With Impaired Physical Mobility.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the adequacy of the activities in the nursing intervention Exercise Therapy: Ambulation for medical-surgical patients with impaired physical mobility.
  
  
  METHODS
  A methodological study with 60 medical-surgical nurses in a large hospital in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Nurses judged the appropriateness of the 20 activities that comprise the intervention, classified as major or minor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight activities were classified as major and 12 as minor for the care of medical-surgical patients with impaired physical mobility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The activities of the intervention Exercise Therapy: Ambulation were considered adequate for medical-surgical patients with impaired physical mobility. These results contribute to future content validation studies and teaching of undergraduate students.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa do Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renata Bulhões
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa do Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. eduarda.santos@einstein.br.
authors.forename: Eduarda Ribeiro
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Adult ICU, University Hospital, São Paulo University (HU-USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Takao
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa do Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ellen Cristina
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Bergamasco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009736:Nursing Process; D016138:Walking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Mobility limitation; nursing care; walking