UMove Mobility Level
Patient can ambulate in room with supervision and rolling walker.
What is a level 5 patient?
This piece of equipment goes around the patient's waist to assist with balance during transfers and ambulation.
This assessment detailing how a patient moves should be documented once a day.
These types of therapists examine a patient's ability to performs activities of daily living including grooming, feeding, dressing, and toileting.
What is an occupational therapist?
When a patient is doing 75% or more of the work to mobilize.
What is minimal assistance (MinA)?
Patient follows commands but unable to lift extremities off the bed.
What is a level 1 patient?
This color signifies patient is at a risk for falling.
What is yellow?
True or False: Documenting toileting counts for out of bed activity.
What is false?
These types of therapists examine a patient's ability to perform gross motor activities such as getting out of bed, standing up, ambulating, and negotiating stairs.
What is a physical therapist?
When a patient requires >75% or more assistance to perform mobility.
What is maximal assistance (MaxA)?
Patient can take steps to chair with rolling walker and MinA.
What is a Level 4?
This piece of equipment can be used to transfer Level 1 and 2 patients from bed to chair.
What is a hoyer lift?
This is the amount of times a Level 4 or 5 patient should be out of bed a day.
What is 3x/day?
True or false: Patients get therapy every day they are here.
When a patient requires no physical assistance to perform mobility, however you don't feel comfortable being more than 3 feet away during mobility or patient requires verbal cueing.
What is supervision level?
Patient requires MinA to get out of bed and ModA to stand.
What is a Level 2?
Term used to describe use of multiple medications that can contribute to a higher fall risk.
What is polypharmacy?
These mobility levels usually do not require a PT/OT consult?
Levels 1 and 5
When you are providing >25-75% assistance to perform mobility.
What is moderate assist (modA)?
Patient can independent sit on EOB, pivot to chair with RW and contact guard assistance but unable to take steps due to pain.
This activity order is used by providers when patients are medically contraindicated to mobilize or get out of bed.
What is a bedrest order?
True or False: Documenting bed to chair position counts for out of bed activity.
What is true?
True or False: PT has to evaluate the patient before nursing staff can mobilize them.
What is False?
When a patient does not need physical assistance, but you need one or both hands on the patient just in case.
What is contact guard assistance (CGA)?