Safe Patient Handling, an Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

Nursing personnel are consistently listed as one of the top ten occupations for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, with incidence rates of 8.8 per 100 in hospital settings and 13.5 per 100 in nursing home settings. Strategies to prevent or minimize work-related musculoskeletal injuries associated with patient handling are often based on tradition and personal experience rather than scientific evidence. The most common patient handling approaches in the United States include manual patient lifting, classes in body mechanics, training in safe lifting techniques, and back belts.Nelson, Audrey is the author of 'Safe Patient Handling, an Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781416043010 and ISBN 1416043012.