The clinical nurse specialist as change agent: Reducing employee injury and related costs

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 309-313

  Sedlak, Carol A ^a   Doheny, Margaret O ^a   Jones, Susan L ^a   Lavelle, Colleen ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jennings Center for Older Adults   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nurse specialist; Lifting and transferring; Musculoskeletal injury; Nurse safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING DISCIPLINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70350755700     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e3181bc30b5     Document Type: Article

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