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Medical, Nursing & Healthcare Sciences·Volume 1 · Issue 1 · pp. 81–92

Nurse-Led Early Mobility Programs and Length of Stay After Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Grace Okafor, RN, PhD1; Hannah Lee, RN, MSc2

  1. [School of Nursing / University Name], [Country]
  2. [Medical Center / University Name], [Country]

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Abstract

In a quasi-experimental study of 412 post-operative cardiac patients, a structured nurse-led mobility protocol started within 24 hours reduced mean hospital stay by 1.3 days without increasing adverse events.

Keywords

  • Early mobility
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Nursing protocols
  • Length of stay

How to cite

Okafor, G., & Lee, H. (2026). Nurse-Led Early Mobility Programs and Length of Stay After Cardiac Surgery. INSTITUTEJOURNAL, 1(1), 81–92. https://doi.org/10.XXXX/instjournal.2026.01.007

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This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). Anyone may share, copy, adapt and build on it for any purpose, provided the original authors and source are credited.

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