Ergonomic hazards are a major safety risk for nurses, causing serious musculoskeletal injuries. To reduce the risk, nurses should
a. use assistive devic-es. c. never lift or move patients.
b. take up weight lift-ing. d. stretch out after pulling or reaching.
A
The current recommendations by the American Nurses Association (ANA) include the use of assistive patient-handling devices for lifting, transferring, and turning patients. According to the ANA, there is no safe way to manually lift or turn a physically dependent person (i.e., proper lifting techniques or good body mechanics) without risking back and shoulder injuries. Becoming stronger by lifting weights would not reduce the risk of injury. It is not rational to think that patients would never need lifting or moving, which is why having assistive patient-handling de-vices is so important for risk reduction in nurse injuries.
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