The charge nurse on a neurologic care area is assigning clients. What should be a priority when making staff assignments?
1. Limit number of allowed lifts per worker per day
2. Identify a team of staff who are responsible for all lifts
3. Ask staff to volunteer to participate when lifting clients
4. Assign the clients requiring to be lifted evenly among all staff
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Rationale 1: OSHA developed lifting guidelines for healthcare workers to prevent injury to the client and the worker. One of these guidelines is to limit number of allowed lifts per worker per day.
Rationale 2: Having a team of staff responsible for all lifts would violate the OSHA guidelines to limit number of allowed lifts per worker per day.
Rationale 3: Asking staff to volunteer to participate when lifting clients would violate the OSHA guidelines to limit number of allowed lifts per worker per day.
Rationale 4: Assigning clients requiring to be lifted evenly among all staff would violate the OSHA guidelines to limit number of allowed lifts per worker per day.
Global Rationale: OSHA developed lifting guidelines for healthcare workers to prevent injury to the client and the worker. One of these guidelines is to limit number of allowed lifts per worker per day. Having a team of staff responsible for all lifts, asking staff to volunteer to participate when lifting clients, and assigning clients requiring to be lifted evenly among all staff would violate the OSHA guidelines to limit number of allowed lifts per worker per day.
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