Essential Function: Mobility
Physical abilities sufficient for movement from room to room and in small spaces.
Examples:
- Moving around a patient's room, work spaces, and treatment areas.
- Administering cardiopulmonary procedures such as resuscitation.
- Sitting or standing and maintaining balance for long periods.
- Twisting, bending, and stooping throughout the day.
- Moving quickly in response to possible emergencies.
- Pushing, pulling, lifting, or supporting a dependent adult patient.
- Squeezing with hands and fingers.
- Performing repetitive movements.