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Module 4: Personal Care & Mobility
Provide personal care that preserves dignity, and prevent the pressure injuries that develop when patients are not moved.
2
Lessons
48
Minutes
Practice
Files Included
Intermediate
Level
What You'll Learn
- Personal care that protects dignity and independence
- Adapting care for patients with cognitive impairment
- Pressure points, repositioning schedules, and stage 1 recognition
- Ambulation with a gait belt, and what to do if a patient falls
Real-World Scenario
A patient who dressed himself every day for seventy years now needs help with a shirt. How that help is given determines whether he experiences it as assistance or as the moment he stopped being an adult. Down the hall, a patient left on their back for four hours is developing a pressure injury.
Lessons
Complete each lesson in order. Watch the video, review the notes, and finish the challenge.
Lesson 1⏱ 24 min
🛏️Assisting with Activities of Daily Living
Provide personal care that preserves dignity and independence, and observe what only this closeness reveals.
Lesson 2⏱ 24 min
🛏️Mobility, Positioning, and Skin Integrity
Reposition and ambulate patients safely, and prevent the pressure injuries that develop when they are not moved.