Handle with care: The american nurses association's campaign to address work-related musculoskeletal disorders

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  De Castro, A B ^a,b,c  

^a American Nurses Association   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Occupational Safety and Health Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Back injury; Devices; Equipment; Ergonomics; Handle With Care; Musculoskeletal disordrs; Nurse safety; Nursing; Occupational safety; OSHA; Patient care ergonomics; Safe patient handling

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PARAMETER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 5444261859     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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