New tool: Lifting injuries data sheet
Nurse Leader Insider, February 27, 2015
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Nurses are at greater risk than firefighters. In 2013 your nursing staff faced a 15% greater chance of spine injury than firefighters.
Check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics Table 18 posted on StrategiesForNurseManagers.com for the final tabulated 2013 rates of musculoskeletal injuries for full-time workers, compared by occupation. Firefighters—who lug heavy ladders, people, and equipment daily—had a rate of 232 per 10,000. For nursing staff, the total was 264 per 10,000 full-time RNs and nursing assistants. A spine injury can end a career in the blink of an eye.
For more info on this issue and links to other resources, go to the Nurse Manager blog, here.
http://blogs.hcpro.com/nursemanagers/
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