Skip to main content
Intended for healthcare professionals
RCNi Plus
NS Student
Learning
Portfolio
Journals
Cancer Nursing Practice
Emergency Nurse
Learning Disability Practice
Mental Health Practice
Nurse Researcher
Nursing Children and Young People
Nursing Management
Nursing Older People
Nursing Standard
Primary Health Care
CPD
CPD Quizzes
CPD webinars on-demand
Events
RCN Nursing Awards
Nursing Live
Nursing Careers and Jobs Fairs
RCNi events calendar
CPD webinars on-demand
Jobs
Organisational subscriptions
RCNi Plus Dashboard
Portfolio
Learning
Journals
Cancer Nursing Practice
Emergency Nurse
Learning Disability Practice
Mental Health Practice
Nurse Researcher
Nursing Children and Young People
Nursing Management
Nursing Older People
Nursing Standard
Primary Health Care
CPD
CPD quizzes
CPD webinars on-demand
Events
RCN Nursing Awards
Nursing Live
Nursing Careers and Jobs Fairs
RCNi events calendar
CPD webinars on-demand
NS Student
Nursing Jobs
RCN Learn
Menu
Toggle Navigation
Log in
Toggle Search
Search
Log in
Register
Subscribe
Organisational enquiries
Home
About
Journals
Cancer Nursing Practice
Emergency Nurse
Learning Disability Practice
Mental Health Practice
Nurse Researcher
Nursing Children and Young People
Nursing Management
Nursing Older People
Nursing Standard
Primary Health Care
Products and Services
Revalidation
Sustainability
Publish with RCNi
RCNi Discovery
RCNi Plus
NS Student
Learning
Portfolio
Journals
Cancer Nursing Practice
Emergency Nurse
Learning Disability Practice
Mental Health Practice
Nurse Researcher
Nursing Children and Young People
Nursing Management
Nursing Older People
Nursing Standard
Primary Health Care
CPD
CPD Quizzes
CPD webinars on-demand
Events
RCN Nursing Awards
Nursing Live
Nursing Careers and Jobs Fairs
RCNi events calendar
CPD webinars on-demand
Jobs
Organisational subscriptions
RCNi Plus Dashboard
Portfolio
Learning
Journals
Cancer Nursing Practice
Emergency Nurse
Learning Disability Practice
Mental Health Practice
Nurse Researcher
Nursing Children and Young People
Nursing Management
Nursing Older People
Nursing Standard
Primary Health Care
CPD
CPD quizzes
CPD webinars on-demand
Events
RCN Nursing Awards
Nursing Live
Nursing Careers and Jobs Fairs
RCNi events calendar
CPD webinars on-demand
NS Student
Nursing Jobs
RCN Learn
Features
‘Fit to sit’ in the emergency department
Hospital patients benefit by staying as active as possible – and they can start by waiting in a chair in the emergency department rather than on a trolley.
Alison Moore
Posted 08 August 2017 - 14:33
Related articles
Keeping older patients active: undoing the adverse effects of lockdown
The challenge of addressing deconditioning, that unwelcome by-product of social distancing
18 Aug 2020
#EndPJparalysis is about trusting nurses and valuing patients’ time
A global movement to get patients up, dressed and moving started with a conversation in a...
27 Sep 2017
5 Most Read Articles
Implementing debriefing after cardiac arrest: benefits and challenges
Why you should read this article: • To understand the benefits of debriefing following...
01 Jul 2024
Early warning signs of heart attacks 'being missed'...
Symptoms may have been missed in up to one in six patients who died of a heart attack in...
12 Mar 2017
UK district nursing survey aims to provide true picture of the service
District nursing team leaders encouraged to complete the survey
09 Jul 2019
How can we manage pain in the ED better?
Many patients feel their pain is inadequately addressed
16 May 2024
No link between breast cancer and working night shifts, researchers say
Working night shifts has little or no effect on a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer,...
28 Oct 2016
Journals
Cancer Nursing Practice
Emergency Nurse
Learning Disability Practice
Mental Health Practice
Nurse Researcher
Nursing Children and Young People
Nursing Management
Nursing Older People
Nursing Standard
Primary Health Care
Other RCNi websites
RCNi Learning
RCNi Nursing Careers and Jobs Fairs
RCNi Nursing Jobs
RCNi Portfolio