Journal of Nursing Care Quality

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April/June 2023 - Volume 38 - Issue 2

  • Staci Reynolds, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CPHQ
  • 1057-3631
  • 1550-5065
  • 4 issues / year
  • 1.728

In this issue: Patient mobility has been linked to improved patient outcomes.  Despite the benefits of mobility, issues related to bed rest and immobility exist among health care systems.  Authors provide a framework for implementing a mobility program, known as the Johns Hopkins Activity and Mobility Promotion (JH-AMP) program.  Recommendations are provided for each component of the program to facilitate implementation at other institutions.

Clinicians implemented a multifaceted hypoglycemia prevention bundle, including patient and staff education, coordination between meal delivery and insulin coverage, and a hypoglycemia protocol.  Hypoglycemia events significantly decreased from 26.78 to 10.27 per 1000 patient days, p<.001.  Their results showed that a bundled approach can improve management of hypoglycemia.

Staci S. Reynolds, Editor​

The Johns Hopkins Activity and Mobility Promotion Program: A Framework to Increase Activity and Mobility Among Hospitalized Patients

McLaughlin, Kevin H.; Friedman, Michael; Hoyer, Erik H.; More

Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 38(2):164-170, April/June 2023.

The Johns Hopkins Activity and Mobility Promotion Program: A Framework to Increase Activity and Mobility Among Hospitalized Patients

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