3

modules

9

video lessons

~135 min

of instruction

4.5

contact hours*

12

bedside job aids

Why this course

Bed rest is not benign. Your clinical reasoning is the difference.

Acute care patients change hour to hour. Lines, pressors, sedation, and shifting lab values can make every session feel like a judgment call, and too often the default is to wait.

This course gives you a clear, repeatable way to decide who to see, when, and how much. You will learn to turn a chart review into a readiness decision, move patients safely across every hospital unit, and use objective measures to back up your discharge recommendations.

This course is for you if you are…

1Explain the role of neurologic physical therapy in acute care, and apply current evidence on early mobility, neuroplasticity, and bed rest prevention to decide the value, risk, and dose of an intervention.

2Interpret chart review data (neuroimaging, laboratory trends, medications, hemodynamics, and lines, leads, and tubes) to determine readiness and plan safe mobility.

3Differentiate common neurologic diagnoses, precautions, devices, and complications across the emergency department and the neuro, trauma, and cardiac intensive care units, and build mitigation strategies into mobility progression.

4Apply hold versus discuss-and-modify criteria, interprofessional communication, and structured session preparation to recognize and manage medical instability.

5Select and interpret objective outcome measures to support prognosis, goals-of-care discussions, team communication, and defensible discharge recommendations.

Module 1: Acute Care Clinical Foundations & Rehab Principles3 lessons · 52 min

Module 2: The Inpatient Continuum of Care4 lessons · 59 min

Module 3: Clinical Decision Making, Integration & Objective Assessment2 lessons · 24 min

9 video lessons

Case-based instruction on early mobility, chart review, unit-specific diagnoses and devices, clinical decision making, and outcome measures.

12 bedside job aids

Pocket cards, checklists, and cheat sheets: readiness, hold vs. modify criteria, lines and tubes, rapid neuro screen, an outcome measures quick reference with an evidence summary, and more.

Learner notes

Module-by-module notes in Word and PDF so you can review key concepts, tables, and cases anytime.

Knowledge checks

30 case-based questions with detailed rationales that explain the reasoning, not just the answer.

Tools, resources & references

Curated links to APTA, SCCM, Johns Hopkins, and CDC tools, plus a verified, searchable reference list.

2 mentoring sessions

Two 60-minute live, virtual mentoring sessions with Lexie on January 20 and February 9, 2027 at 8:00 PM ET. Recorded if you can't attend live.

Certificate

A certificate of completion from the Institute for Knowledge Translation (CEU approval pending).

Alexis (Lexie) Mulvaney, PT, DPT, NCS, ATC

Lexie is a Physical Therapist III at The University of Oklahoma Medical Center (OUMC) and a board-certified neurologic clinical specialist with over 10 years of acute care experience across critical care, the emergency department, and step-down units, with a focus on the neurologic population. She earned her DPT from UNC Chapel Hill and completed a neurologic physical therapy residency at Boston University.

Her published work includes high-intensity gait training in acute care, rehabilitation for socially at-risk patients, and very early mobility after thrombolysis.

Wednesday, January 20, 20278:00 PM ET · 60 min · live, virtual

Tuesday, February 9, 20278:00 PM ET · 60 min · live, virtual

2.5 contact hours: online course135 minutes of video plus 3 knowledge checks, 100% on demand

+ 2.0 contact hours: mentoringTwo 60-minute live mentoring sessions (1.0 contact hour each). Attend live or watch the recording.

Up to 4.5 contact hours total*Watch at least 90% of each lesson or recording, attend at least 80% of a live session, and score 80% or higher on each knowledge check