of body mechanics among nurses. Databases searched include GOOGLE, SCHOLAR, MED PUB, MEDLINE and CINAHL. Keywords: “Body mechanics”, “knowledge on body mechanics among nurses”, “practice of body mechanics among nurses”, “knowledge and practice of body mechanics among nurses”. 2.2 Nurses knowledge on body mechanics A study conducted in School of Nursing, Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA regarding high prevalence of back injury and subsequent back pain in nursing explored multidimensional
organizations are dealing with the same issue, nursing workplace hazards and the effects it has on nurses and healthcare. Nursing Hazards have been a significant topic of discussion for many health professionals and organizations. Nurses are continuously reporting the issue of injury and illness. The duties that nurses are tasked with put them at an everyday risk of different types of hazards. The safety of employees and health organizations depends on nursing hazards being identified and managed with
Low back pain is one of the major causes for not only days lost at work, but also the early exit from the field of nursing. This can potentially be a major concern to address as policymakers and healthcare experts look to solve the nursing shortage problem. Project Back to Back is one initiative aimed at addressing this issue. It seeks to reduce the prevalence of low back pain experienced by nurses by introducing continual training in proper patient handling and Dru yoga classes to nurses working
Nursing Overtime and Adverse Effects Blima Marcus Hunter College Abstract This paper will explore the topic of nursing overtime and its effect on adverse events and errors in the workplace. The prevalence of mandatory and voluntary overtime is high. Nursing shortages combined with the aging baby boomer population means more work for health care workers, and nurses bear the brunt of this reality. There is some legislation in place to restrict mandatory overtime, but research suggests that overtime
Nursing Home Balanced Scorecard The Balanced Scorecard of the nursing home needs to take many aspects into account for the environment is fast-paced and potentially stressful and providing care involves drawing upon a complexity of technological and interpersonal skills. The following scorecard was built on nursing practices in the various nursing homes in order to discover best practices that can be used to improve patient outcomes and experiences and to serve as matrices Shareholder value/
in the Staff Nurse Fatigue and Patient Safety Study, the number of nurses who reported an error or a near miss had less hours of sleep than the nurses who did not report an error or a near miss, and it was determined that there is a 3.4 percent chance of a nursing error when nurses get 6 hours of sleep or less in the prior 24 hours; another study found that the chances of making an error was three times higher when nurses worked more than 12.5 hours per shift (Rogers, 2008). In the Staff Nurse Fatigue
adverse event among hospitalized psychiatric patients is physical assault or fighting. “Thousands of assaults occur in American hospitals each year, including psychiatric units and emergency rooms, resulting in the labeling of such workplaces by some as occupationally hazardous” (Rueve & Welton, 2008). This has led to increased cost of providing healthcare Services derived from additional diagnostic tests for injuries, treatment, destruction of facility property, and injury to staff and other individuals
Analysis of H.R. 4266: Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 The following paper will introduce the house bill number 4266 titled Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015. This bill attempts to lessen nurse injuries by investing in safe patient handling and mobilization technologies and education programs. This paper will provide a background on the bill. Next, the bill will be summarized and analyzed using Malone’s (2005) framework. The paper will next discuss ethical considerations
Introduction The subject of nurse-patient ratios has been a long-standing subject of debate in the legal arena as well as the nursing community. Nurses, suffering from burnout and increasing turnover in hospitals, argue that patient safety is compromised by unmanageable assignments while hospitals and industrial lobbyists maintain that changing these conditions do not lead to better patient outcomes. This is a complex issue with many variables. One focus of healthcare research is to identify nurse-patient
white colonisation began as a penal colony, which is where the beginnings of modern nursing and health care commenced. With the white people coming to Australia they introduced many illnesses and diseases into the country and with this we saw outbreaks of smallpox, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, influenza, measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough. These diseases caused considerable loss of life among indigenous people. In early 1800’s a hospital in Sydney was opened, in this time it