Musculoskeletal Disorders

Staff injuries that include lower back discomfort and MSD’s are considered of the most common amongst healthcare professionals (Liebert, 2007). Recent articles reflect that a staggering seventy percent of staff injuries are related to direct manual patient handling and transfers (Liebert, 2007). Staff injuries negatively affect productivity levels secondary to lost time (Liebert, 2007). This often creates a viscous cycle leaving less staff to care for more patients. This in turn increases the risks for experiencing an injury onto the overburdened and overwhelmed staff. The use of the Procedural Stretcher with

The focus of the red team’s project is Nurse’s Fatigue. Brunt (2017), defines nurse’s fatigue as a cognitive and physical impaired function. The cause of fatigue results from shifts longer than 12 hours or mental exertion with inadequate rest. The significance of the problem is having fatigue nurses work on the floor, endangering patients and increasing hospital errors. MacPhee, Dahinten and Havaei (2017), concluded that 89% of observed performance can potentially interrupt patient safety and diminish the nurse’s true ability in multiple levels. The health outcomes include, low-quality of patient care leading to a loss of a patient’s life, job dissatisfaction and burnout nurses. The ability to care for the patients becomes compromised resulting to an unsatisfied job performance. For instance, higher fall rates and an increase in morbidity or mortality rate. According to the ANA (2017), the statistic documentation included 50% were exhausted, 40% felt powerless with quality patient care and 26 % are frightened for their patients. The purpose of this paper is to interpret the two articles that will benefit the group’s project. This paper will describe the literature, the concept, the methods, the participants involved and the instruments used during the researcher’s study.

Nurses and transportation workers were highlighted as occupations at high risk of having non-fatal occupational injuries by BLS. NHIS survey was used to determine the prevalence of MSD among these two populations relative to all other occupations. The main findings of the study revealed that low back pain was more prevalent among nurses and transportation workers compared to other occupations. Data collected by BLS regarding MSD and lost workdays was examined to further study the relationship between the two variables. Both BLS data and literature review indicate that although nurses are more prone to develop MSD compared to other occupations, they are less likely to miss work even when compared to high-risk occupations. The present study

Osteoarthritis is an extremely prevalent degenerative joint condition that frequently affects the weight bearing joints such as the back, hips, and knees.

There are many effects it takes to be a nurse, some good and some bad. There are many factors that can influence stress on a nurse. There are many pros, cons and effects on nurses. In the article, “The Long Term Effects On Your Body From Being a Nurse”, the pros is that nursing is a delightful blend of on intellectual and physical aspects of the nurses mind and body. The cons in this article are that every time you pull up a patient in bed, help transfer, or take care of a shaky patient, this puts yourself at risk for injury. The effects of all of this are that nursing can affect your knees, back, and feet. Nurses are known for having sore feet, the knee pain is associated with lifting, bending, and squatting. In my second article, “10 Must-Know

Working overtime despite the lack of rest is associated with an increase in work-related injuries and needle sticks (de Castro et al 2007). These nurses not only obtain an injury but often do not seek medical attention thereafter or even fill an incident report. Nurses have a

The increase of sedentary leisure and work related activities has also brought the rise of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and now account for 31% of non-fatal work related injuries making them the most common (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016). Therefore, it is highly advantageous to employers to suggest ways of reducing symptoms to theoretically reduce costs associated with MSDs in the workplace (sick leave, medical costs, etc.). Work related MSDs are caused by complex combination of factors that can extend from beyond the workplace and cause pain and discomfort of muscles, tendons, joints, and nerves (Rodrick, Karwowski, & Marras, 2012). As a result, finding a single root cause of a MSD is nearly impossible. Due to the difficulty in

According to Alexander (1998), in her interview with sex workers, many have identified musculoskeletal injuries as a significant occupational hazard, alongside with stress involved injuries to the wrists, arms and shoulders due to hand jobs, jaw pain because of performing fellatio, knee pains due to working in a crouching position for long periods of time, foot problems related to long hours of standing and walk, and back problems related to working on inadequate beds or tables.

Nurses with higher workloads are more likely to have medical errors as well as more patient falls occurring in the hospitals. When nurses are being overworked, research proves that patients are more likely to get hospital-acquired conditions,

This paper will focus on the nursing diagnosis, Risk for Injury. This diagnosis is relevant for metabolic disorders such as diabetes and osteoporosis. Mosby’s Guide to Nursing Diagnosis states the definition of Risk for Injury as, “A state in which the individual is at risk of injury as a result of environmental conditions interacting with the individual’s adaptive and defensive resources” (Ladwig, Ackley, & Makic, 2017). The risk for injury is influenced by an individual’s environment, the severity of alterations in metabolism that they are experiencing, and how their body is reacting to those alterations (Ladwig, Ackley, & Makic, 2017). Therefore, each client’s risk for injury is unique to that individual. The purpose of this paper is to explain the causes, risk factors, and clinical manifestations related to the nursing diagnosis, Risk for Injury. In addition, management

Exercise has been mentioned a lot throughout this paper will be a heavy portion of the nursing implications as well. Many different exercises can be practiced to improve pain, physical function and quality of life. From the Fransen review a nursing implication is providing encouragement to plan an exercise plan that caters to patient’s interests and availability. A nursing implication taken from the Ferreira review is encouraging to use resources such as physical therapy and personal trainers. For patients, it is important that they utilize resources that are available to them and some need just a little push to start using the resources. Combining knowledge from both reviews, another implication would be to encourage strength training or cardio and emphasizing on the benefits exercise will have holistically rather than just on improvement of pain but how it will further improve quality of life for the

‘‘Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)’’ covers a broad spectrum of inflammatory and degenerative conditions affecting the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, peripheral nerves, and supporting blood vessels.1,2 The symptoms of MSDs includes pain, numbness, tingling, aching, stiffness, or burning.3 Most common body regions affected with MSDs are the low back, neck, shoulder, forearm, and hand.1 The risk factors associated with MSDs includes forceful exertions, repetitive movements, awkward and/or sustained postures like prolonged sitting and standing.2 Globally, MSDs is one of the most common work related illness and causing significant economic burden in terms of lost wages, treatment and compensation and also responsible for considerable impact on quality of life.4,5 MSDs increases sickness absenteeism and early retirement resulting in poor productivity at work.6,7 According to Great Britain Labour Force Survey (2016), Work related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) constitute 41% of the total work related illnesses and is accounted for 34% of absenteeism due to work related illnesses.8

Chen (2012) believed nurses’ work was not easy, particularly in the hospital setting, where they must deal with intense intellectual and significant physical demands over three or more grueling 12-hour shifts each week. Not surprisingly, nursing ranks among the worst occupations in terms of work-related injuries, and studies have shown that in a given year, nearly half of all nurses will have struggled with lower back pain.

In this study, it was hypothesized that: pain in the feet is prevalent in RNs; and factors that can be ascribed to this phenomenon include the type of floor surface, RN age and BMI, the amount of time RNs spend on their feed, their activity level outside of work, and their shoes. The group developed a survey which included items on participant demographics, attitude toward and types of foot pain, any foot pain diagnoses, and pain relief used for the problem. Because this was an exploratory survey, no reliability or validity testing was performed, however the survey was reviewed by experts for clarity of content, and appropriate revisions were made. Of the 2000 surveys distributed, 502 were completed and returned. The survey associated a higher incidence of foot pain with increased age (particularly over 40) and increased BMI, and a night’s rest after working in these two sectors of the population actually appeared to increase foot pain a considerable amount. Those nurses in the study who regularly performed high-intensity exercise showed

Musculoskeletal disorder. Sounds intimidating. The words are hard to pronounce, and they look scary. They should be. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD's) are one of the most common work related injuries reported around the world. They cause lost productivity, mistakes, and missed work. Topping the list of MSD's is chronic pain in the lower back, hips, knees, ankles, and feet from standing in one spot for extended periods of time.