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Activity Steps

Description

This article has been approved by the Orthopaedic Nurses Certification Board for Category A credit toward recertification as an ONC.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Identify issues from the literature related to early mobilization.
  2. Apply the Johns Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility (JH-HLM) Scale to a patient scenario.
  3. Describe features of the methodology of the quality improvement (QI) project described in this article.
  4. Identify the results of a QI project focused on increasing mobilization for patients at 24- and 48-hours post lumbar laminectomy.

Learning Outcomes

Seventy-five percent of participants will demonstrate competency in clinical reasoning regarding improving the mobilization of patients 24- and 48-hours post lumbar laminectomy by achieving a minimum score of 70% on the outcomes-based posttest.
Price: $20.00

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.0 CH
  • DC - BON 2.0 CH
  • FL - BON 2.0 CH
  • GA - BON 2.0 CH
  • NM - BON 2.0 CH
  • SC - BON 2.0 CH
  • WV - BOERN 2.0 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, Georgia Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board of Nursing, and West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, #50-1223.













Test Code: ON0523A
Published: May/Jun 2023
Expires: 3/6/2026
Required Passing Score: 6/8 (75%)
Authors: MacKenzie Alexander, BSN, RN; Mary Lou Garey, DNP, AG-ACNP, FNP; Erica Yates, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CRRN, GERO-BC; Marjorie Vogt, PhD, DNP, FNP, PNP, FAANP