This presentation will focus on the ergonomic issues often overlooked as hospitals grapple with the problems of patient handling. Healthcare has historically lead most industries in their high rates of musculoskeletal injuries that can be traced directly to patient handling activities. Telling nurses to Lift with your legs, not your back doesn't help much when moving a 200 or 300 pound patient. With a nationwide nursing shortage, it is important that the ergonomic industry help find solutions to assist these caregivers. These injuries impact all of us when we begin to examine some of the contributing factors to the high cost of healthcare as well as the quality of the healthcare we expect. Nurses that are in pain are much more likely to make a mistake than those who are not in pain. Sadly, when a nurse makes a mistake it can be potentially deadly for the patient.
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