A patient lifting intervention for preventing the work-related injuries of nurses

Work

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-88

  Guthrie, Patricia Finch ^a   Westphal, Linda ^a   Dahlman, Bruce ^a   Berg, Mark ^a   Behnam, Kathy ^a   Ferrell, Deborah ^a  

^a NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Patient lifting; Safe patient handling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; EQUIPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGY; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORTHOPEDICS; PILOT STUDY; SALARY; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGED; BACK INJURIES; HUMANS; LIFTING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE;

EID: 1642264095     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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