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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co.,
2005.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.