Safe Patient Handling and Movement : a Practical Guide for Health Care Professionals.

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, ris...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelson, Audrey L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2005.
Temas:
Transport of sick and wounded.
Patients > Positioning.
Nursing.
Transportation of Patients
Patient Positioning
Transport des malades et des blessés.
Patients > Positionnement.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Medical & Surgical.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Reference.
Transport of sick and wounded
Nursing
Patients > Positioning
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (251 pages)
ISBN:9780826163622
0826163629

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