Improperly lifting a heavy object or accidentally twisting while carrying a heavy load aren’t the only ways to suffer a back injury while at work. Description from bahrns.com. I searched for this on bing.com/images

Lift with your knees and not your back has been drilled into nurses as often as patient safety comes first. Just follow these body mechanics rules, and you will...

To address feet and low back pain, here are five things you can do.

This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting. The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current. Each skill/procedure is covered in a chapter that has…

In September 1967, Hopkins nursing students, wearing the standard student uniform, worked together using mannequins to learn to move patients safely. Here, students move “Mrs. Chase” in their practice clinics with the assistance of a Hopkins nurse.

In part 1 of this Q&A, I discuss my own experience with spondylolisthesis – what it is, what caused it, and how it was diagnosed.

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