Aide Skills: Range of Motion
Presented by Adrienne Nova
Non-Financial: Adrienne Nova has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Maintaining and even increasing patients’ joint range of motion (ROM) promotes improved function, eases caregiver burden, prevents pain, and enhances health outcomes and quality of life. This training is designed to provide practical strategies for improving patients’ ROM to home health and nursing aides. Strategies are provided for improving both upper and lower extremity ROM.
Learning Outcomes
- Define range of motion (ROM)
- Differentiate between passive range of motion (PROM) and active range of motion (AROM)
- Demonstrate proper range of motion techniques
Meet your instructor
Adrienne Nova
Adrienne currently leads and manages the Content Development Team, overseeing continuing education preproduction as well as Medbridge’s library of compliance courses. She has a long history with Medbridge, serving as a clinical consultant and Aide Skills instructor since 2012, prior to coming on board full time in 2022.…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. What Is ROM?
This chapter defines ROM, discusses the important difference between passive and active range of motion, compares ROM to stretching and strengthening, and covers key considerations for caregiver body mechanics when testing and training ROM.
2. Upper Extremity ROM
This chapter provides strategies for improving residents’ upper extremity ROM, including shoulder ROM in both supine flexion-extension and abduction-adduction. The chapter also covers supine elbow ROM.
3. Lower Extremity ROM
This final chapter provides strategies for testing and improving lower extremity ROM, including hip abduction-adduction and hip/knee flexion-extension.
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