Preventing musculoskeletal disorders in nurses: Development of a safe patient handling curriculum module for nursing schools

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2007

Publication Title

Nurse Educator

Volume

32

Issue

3

First page number:

130

Last page number:

135

Abstract

Nursing educators who teach outmoded manual patient handling techniques contribute to the widespread problem of musculoskeletal disorders in student and practicing nurses. The authors discuss the development and implementation of a new safe patient handling curriculum module, which was pilot tested in 26 nursing programs. The module changes the focus of patient handling education from body mechanics to equipment-assisted safe patient lifting programs that have been shown to protect nurses from injury and improve care.

Keywords

Nursing schools – Curriculum; Overuse injuries – Prevention; Patients – Positioning – Study and teaching; Transport of sick and wounded – Study and teaching

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Nursing Administration | Other Education | Other Nursing | Public Health and Community Nursing

Language

English

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