Abstract: Objective: To investigate the cognition, attitude and practice status of pediatric ICU nurses on the early mobilization of children, and analyze the influencing factors to the implementation of early mobilization in critically ill children. Methods: Totally 187 pediatric ICU nurses were investigated using self designed questionnaire. Results: The scores of cognition, attitude and behavior of pediatric ICU nurses towards the early mobilization of critically ill children were (3.55±1.40), (29.40±3.97) and (17.87±4.89), respectively. Multiple regression analysis showed that department and training were the influencing factors of cognition (P<0.05), training was the influencing factors of attitude (P<0.05), critical care nurse and training were the influencing factors of behavior (P<0.05). Conclusion: Pediatric ICU nurses have a positive attitude towards early mobilization, but lack of implementation behavior and relevant knowledge. There are many difficulties in early mobilization implementation in critically ill children. In the future, multi-disciplinary cooperation should be actively carried out to strengthen the standardized and professional training of ICU nurses on the early mobilization of critically ill children, and improve their knowledge and practice level of the early mobilization of critically ill children.

Key words: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; early mobilization; nurses; questionnaire; survey