Preventing musculoskeletal disorders in nurses - A safe patient handling curriculum module for nursing schools

被引:23
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作者
Menzel, Nancy N.
Hughes, Nancy L.
Waters, Thomas
Shores, Lynne S.
Nelson, Audrey
机构
[1] Univ Nevada, Sch Nursing, Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA
[2] Amer Nurses Assoc, Ctr Occupat & Environm Hlth, Silver Spring, MD USA
[3] NIOSH, Human Factors & Ergon Res Sect, Div Appl Res & Technol, Cincinnati, OH 45226 USA
[4] Belmont Univ, Nashville, TN USA
[5] James A Haley Vet Adm Med Ctr, Patient Safety Ctr Inquiry, Tampa, FL 33612 USA
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D O I
10.1097/01.NNE.0000270227.61414.79
中图分类号
R47 [护理学];
学科分类号
1011 ;
摘要
Nursing educators who teach outmoded manual patient handling techniques contribute to the widespread problem of musculoskeletal disorders in student and practicing nurses. The authors discuss the development and implementation of a new safe patient handling curriculum module, which was pilot tested in 26 nursing programs. The module changes the focus of patient handling education from body mechanics to equipment-assisted safe patient lifting programs that have been shown to protect nurses from injury and improve care.
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页码:130 / 135
页数:6
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