Nurses' expectations, experiences and attitudes towards the intervention of a 'No Lifting Policy'

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 294-304

  Engkvist, Inga Lill ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident; Back; Injury; Intervention; Manual handling; Nursing; Patient transfer; Prevention; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLICY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACK INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 35148885180     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.294     Document Type: Article

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