Delineates eight overarching safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) standards to help to guide practice, policy, and programs in order to promote a culture of safety prevent injuries and protect nurses and other healthcare workers. These national interdisciplinary standards address the responsibilities of the employer (health care organization) and those of healthcare workers and ancillary/support staff; they all are applicable across the care continuum. Includes tools, strategies, and resources to support implementation and evaluation of each of the standards.

Nursesbooks.org

United States, United States of America

Silver Spring, Maryland, 2013

First Edition, FR, 2013

Injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common in nurses and other healthcare workers and are often caused by manually lifting and moving patients. This is more than just an inconvenience; these injuries are often life altering and career ending. ANAs new breakthrough guide will help to prevent injuries and protect nurses and other healthcare workers. The guide contains eight overarching safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) standards. These national interdisciplinary standards address the responsibilities of the employer or health care organization and those of healthcare workers and ancillary/support staff and are applicable across the care continuum. Following these standards is critical for hospitals and other healthcare organizations in promoting a culture of safety through the development of safe and effective SPHM programs. Dont waste another day. Protect employees, improve attendance rates and reduce workers' compensation costs. For more information on SPHM programs go here. Bulk orders of 20 or more receive a 20% discount off the list price.

The Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Standards establish a uniform, national foundation for safe patient handling and mobility to prevent injury to healthcare workers and healthcare recipients across the care continuum. These standards outline the role of both the employer and healthcare workers in safe patient handling and mobility. There are eight overarching standards featured in the book, each one outlined and explained in detail: Culture of Safety, Sustainable SPHM Program, Ergonomic Design Principle, SPHM Technology, Education, Training, and Maintaining Competence, Patient-Centered Assessment, Reasonable Accommodation and Post-Injury Return to Work, Comprehensive Evaluation Systems Nurses and all other healthcare workers can use these standards to improve their safe patient handling and mobility programs and optimize safe, high quality patient care.--Page 4 de la couverture

"Injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common in nurses and other healthcare workers and are often caused by manually lifting and moving patients. This is more than just an inconvenience; these injuries are often life altering and career ending. ANA's new breakthrough guide will help to prevent injuries and protect nurses and other healthcare workers. The guide contains eight overarching safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) standards. These national interdisciplinary standards address the responsibilities of the employer or health care organization and those of healthcare workers and ancillary/support staff and are applicable across the care continuum"--Publisher website

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