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Safe Patient Handling and Movement [electronic resource] : a Practical Guide for Health Care Professionals.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2005.Description: 1 online resource (251 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780826163622 (electronic bk.)
  • 0826163629 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 610.73
LOC classification:
  • RT87.T72S24 2006 RT87.T72
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents; Biosketches; Foreword; Preface; About the Editor; Acknowledgment; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Best Practices; Part III: Special Challenges in Patient Handling; Part IV: Future Directions; Appendix: Sample Safe Lifting Policy for Hospital/Nursing Homes; Glossary; Index.
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.
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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; Biosketches; Foreword; Preface; About the Editor; Acknowledgment; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Best Practices; Part III: Special Challenges in Patient Handling; Part IV: Future Directions; Appendix: Sample Safe Lifting Policy for Hospital/Nursing Homes; Glossary; Index.

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