Preventing musculoskeletal disorders in nurses: A safe patient handling curriculum module for nursing schools

Nurse Educator

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 130-135

  Menzel, Nancy N ^a   Hughes, Nancy L ^b   Waters, Thomas ^c   Shores, Lynne S ^d   Nelson, Audrey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b American Nurses Association   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSING EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248592944     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNE.0000270227.61414.79     Document Type: Review

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