Do your nurses and nursing assistants huddle together to plan their day? Taking a few minutes at the start of a shift to create a plan for the day can make it easier to get patients up and moving.
Huddle agenda suggestions (things to review, discuss and decide):
- How much assistance does each patient need to get out of bed for meals, walk to the bathroom, or walk down the hall?
- Who will assist with mobility on this shift? If this will be a shared responsibility, who will take the lead with each patient?
- Does each patient have the equipment they need to ambulate, such as walker, already available in their rooms to save time getting these later?
- Can we schedule times to get patients out of bed so we’re not trying to get everyone up at once when all the meals arrive?
- For those patients who cannot get out of bed, what exercises can we do with them while in the room and who will lead this today?
- What else would be helpful to plan together???
Function Focused Care 