Safe patient handling and movement : a guide for nurses and other health care providers / [edited by] Audrey L. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Audrey, PhD

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transport of sick and wounded.

Patients--Positioning.

Patients.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Did you know that an estimated 12% of nurses leave the profession annually because of back injuries and that over half of RNs complain of chronic back pain?. This book presents best practices in safe patient handling and movement. Nurse and hospital administrators, clinicians, clinical managers, risk managers, and those involved in procurement and implementation of patient handling technologies in the health care environment will find this a practical resource for improving care and protecting staff from unnecessary injury. You will come away from reading this book with information that you ca

Contents:

Part I. Introduction

Scope of the Problem / James W. Collins and Nancy N. Menzel

Myths and Facts About Back Injuries in Nursing / Audrey L. Nelson, Guy Fragala, and Nancy N. Menzel

Consequences of Unsafe Patient Handling Practices / Audrey L. Nelson

Variations in High-Risk Patient Handling Tasks by Practice Setting / Audrey L. Nelson

Part II. Best Practices

Evidence-Based Guidelines for Patient Assessment, Care Planning, and Caregiving Practices in Safe Patient Handling and Movement / Audrey L. Nelson

Patient Handling Technologies / John D. Lloyd

After-Action Reviews / Mary Matz

Lift Teams : A Proven Method to Reduce Back Injury in Healthcare Workers / William Charney

Unit-Based Peer Safety Leaders to Promote Safe Patient Handling / Mary Matz

Safe Lifting Policies / James W Collins

Part III. Special Challenges in Patient Handling

Preventing Injuries When Taking Care of Special Needs Patients / Hans-Peter de Ruiter and MaryAnn Burke de Ruiter

Physical Environment for Provision of Nursing Care : Design for Safe Patient Handling / Jocelyn Villeneuve

Ergonomic Workplace Assessments of Patient Handling Environments / Guy Fragala and Audrey L. Nelson

Part IV. Future Directions

Being a Change Agent and Advocate for Safe Patient Handling / Laureen G. Doloresco.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-95810-3

9786610958108

0-8261-6364-5

0-8261-6362-9

OCLC:

476263668