Early Ambulation to Reduce Hospital Length of Stay

Inclusion criteria

• Patients ages > or equal to 18 years
• Patient has capacity to undergo informed consent
• Admitted to UF Health Jacksonville 8N progressive inpatient unit
• Inpatient physician orders for patient ambulation and/or activity as tolerated upon hospital admission
• Patient with a Fall Predictive Analytics score category of "low risk"
• Patient with a Morse Fall Scale (MFS) of < or equal to 50
• No contraindications to wearing a wrist pedometer (no skin breakdown, overlying skin infections, contact dermatitis, or indwelling catheters/need for venipuncture at wrist site)

Exclusion criteria

• Patient < 18 years of age
• Patient without capacity to undergo informed consent
• Patient with a 'do not ambulate' order or has order for bed rest or other contraindication to ambulation (i.e., fall risk) or dependent on more than minimal assistance to ambulate
• Patient with a Fall Predictive Analytics score category of "high risk"
• Patient with MFS > 50 or labelled by clinical team as fall risk
• Non-English speaking
• In law enforcement custody or ward of the state
• Pregnancy