Supporting Decision-Making About Patient Mobility in the Intensive Care Unit Nurse Work Environment: Work Domain Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient mobility is an evidenced-based physical activity intervention initiated during intensive care unit (ICU) admission and continued throughout hospitalization to maintain functional status, yet mobility is a complex intervention and not consistently implemented. Cognitive work analysis (CWA) is a useful human factors framework for understanding complex systems and can inform future technology design to optimize outcomes.

Objective

The aim of this study is to understand the complexity and constraints of the ICU work environment as it relates to nurses carrying out patient mobility interventions, using CWA.

Methods

We conducted a work domain analysis and completed an abstraction hierarchy using the CWA framework. Data from documents, observation (32 hour

SUBMITTER: Krupp A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9555320 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature