pyjama paralysis

noun

Definitions

  1. The influence of nightwear outside rest hours on patients accompanied with long periods…

    The influence of nightwear outside rest hours on patients accompanied with long periods of bed rest, resulting in a loss of strength and mobility.

    • England’s top nurse will launch a drive to end ‘pyjama paralysis‘ on Wednesday (8 March) to give patients back one million days of their precious time that would otherwise be wasted in bed in a hospital or care home.
    • The ambition is to end pyjama paralysis and capture, in just 70 days, a million patient days that would otherwise have been wasted in bed in a hospital or care home.
    • So-called “pyjama paralysis” is of increasing importance with the ageing UK population.

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