Inpatient Mobility Program

Days Post Operative

Activity

• Operation Day

• Sitting up in bed by P.M.
• Marching on spot during transfers bed to chair

• Sitting up in bed
• Sitting out of bed in chair

• Marching on spot during transfers bed to chair Commence walking short distances – eg bed to bathroom
• Nursing staff will assist you with your shower once your drains are removed today

• Increasing numbers of short walks around ward – eg patient bed to nursing station. Ensure good rests between them

• Begin laps of the corridor – from bed to end of building, then to the cross corridor at the end of Ward and back to bed. 5 times over the day. Eg 2 walks in morning, 2 walks in afternoon and 1 walk in evening.
• If able, then in discussion with the doctor and the physiotherapist you may commence circuits of the ward.
• You can take a shower by afternoon with some assistance.

• Commence circuits of ward – around the centre block of the ward and back to bed
• Your physiotherapist will take you on a flight of stairs, taking your pulse before and after. Do not attempt stairs prior to this

• Discharge day – commence outpatient walking program of 30 minutes a day (as described in this booklet)