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Bibliographic Details

Title

Safe Patient Handling and Movement: A Guide for Nurses and Other Health Care Providers

Publisher

Springer Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.

Publication Date

2006

Language

English

ISBN 10

0826163637

ISBN 13

9780826163639

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Poor

Seller catalogs

Nursing

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Synopsis

This resource guide presents best practices in safe patient handling and movement, and includes the following approaches to caregiver safety: evidence-based standards for safe patient movement and preventing musculoskeletal injuries; an overview of available equipment and technology for safe patient handling; specific architectural designs for ergonomically safe patient care space; and institutional policies (such as the use of lift teams) that can be easily implemented in your hospital or health care institution.

About the Author

Audrey L. Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Director of the Veterans Administration Patient Safety Research Center and has more than 28 years of experience in nursing. She currently serves as the Associate Chief of Nursing Service for Research at the Tampa VA and Director of the Tampa Patient Safety Center of Inquiry. Dr. Nelson is Associate Director of Clinical Research at the University of South Florida College of Nursing and is a Research Professor in the Colleges of Public Health and Engineering. She is a national leader in patient safety and has established and chairs the International Research Consortium on Wandering.

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