Adequacy of the Activities in the Nursing Intervention Exercise Therapy: Ambulation for Medical-Surgical Patients With Impaired Physical Mobility.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the adequacy of the activities in the nursing intervention Exercise Therapy Ambulation for medical-surgical patients with impaired physical mobility. METHODS: A methodological study with 60 medical-surgical nurses in a large hospital in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Nurses judged the appropriateness of the 20 activities that comprise the intervention, classified as major or minor. RESULTS: Eight activities were classified as major and 12 as minor for the care of medical-surgical patients with impaired physical mobility. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE The activities of the intervention Exercise Therapy Ambulation were considered adequate for medical-surgical patients with impaired physical mobility. These results contribute to future content validation studies and teaching of undergraduate students.