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    Back injury among healthcare workers : causes, solutions, and impacts / edited by William Charney, Anne Hudson.

    • Title:Back injury among healthcare workers : causes, solutions, and impacts / edited by William Charney, Anne Hudson.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Charney, William, 1947-
      Hudson, Anne (Mary Anne)
    • Published/Created:Boca Raton : Lewis, 2004.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Backache--Prevention.
      Nursing.
      Industrial safety.
    • Medical Subjects: Back Injuries--prevention & control.
      Nursing.
      Occupational Health.
    • Description:347 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1566706319 (hbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Ch. 1. History and Vision for Work-Injured Nurses' Group USA / Anne Hudson
      Ch. 2. Magnitude of the Problem / Bernice D. Owen
      Ch. 3. Word about the Nurses' Stories / Anne Hudson
      Injured Nurse Story #1: Betrayal in the Temple of Healing / Litigation Assistant for Injured Workers
      Injured Nurse Story #2: Preventable / Anne Hudson
      Ch. 4. Biodynamics of Back Injury: Manual Lifting and Loads / John D. Lloyd
      Injured Nurse Story #3: Who Will Care for the Nurses? / Gave My All
      Ch. 5. How to Accomplish a Responsible Cost-Benefit Back Injury Analysis in the Health Care Industry / William Charney
      Injured Nurse Story #4: My Last Day as a CNA / Susie Lyons Toftum
      Ch. 6. Striving for Zero-Lift in Healthcare Facilities / Guy Fragala
      App. 6A. Examples of Engineering Controls for Patient Handling Tasks
      Injured Nurse Story #5: The First to Go / Kmak
      Injured Nurse Story #6: My Heart is Still There / Beth DeWees Piknick
      Ch. 7. Introducing a Safer Patient Handling Policy / William Charney
      App. 7A. Memorandum of Understanding
      App. 7B. International No Lift
      Injured Nurse Story#7: I Won't be There / Sad L.&D. Nurse
      Injured Nurse Story #8: Fine When I Entered the Room / Want it Over
      Injured Nurse Story #9: They Let Me Go / Down but Not Out
      Injured Nurse Story #10: In Pain and Out of Work / Down Right Mad RN
      Ch. 8. Prevention of Back Injury to Healtcare Workers Using Lift Teams: 18 Hospital Data / William Charney
      Injured Nurse Story #11: After Years of Service / Judy Sims
      Injured Nurse Story #12: The Tub Bath / CNA on Blue Ice
      Ch. 9. Equipment for Safe Patient Handling and Movement / Audrey Nelson and Guy Fragala
      Injured Nurse Story #13: Is That What a Nurse Is? / Worth More
      Ch. 10. Bariatrics: Considering Mobility, Patient Safety, and Caregiver Injury / Susan Gallagher
      Injured Nurse Story #14: Wake Up Call / Out of There
      Ch. 11. Participatory Ergonomic Design in Health Care Facilities / Jocelyn Villeneuve
      Ch. 12. Designing Workplaces for Safer Handling of Patients/Residents / Victorian WorkCover Authority
      App. 12A. Safe Handling of Patients/Residents - Workplace Design Process Checklist
      App. 12B. Safe Handling of Patients/Residents Workplace Design Safety Audit Checklist
      App. 12C. How the Guidelines Were Developed
      Injured Nurse Story #15: A Nurse's Story / Nurse in Pain
      Ch. 13. Worker Control: The Best Means to Reduce Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) / Bernadette Stringer
      Injured Nurse Story #16: The Writing on the Wall / Quick Learner
      Ch. 14. Relationship between the Nursing Shortage and Nursing Injury / Elizabeth Shogren
      Ch. 15. Preventing Back Injuries to Healthcare Workers in British Columbia, Canada and the Ceiling Lift Experience / Chris Engst, Rahul Chhokar, Aaron Miller and Annalee Yassi
      Injured Nurse Story #17: An Advocate for the Ill, Injured, or Disabled Nurse: It Started with One / Cynthia Barnes
      Injured Nurse Story #18: More Valuable than Machines / Maggie Flanagan
      Injured Nurse Story #19: The Victoria, Australia Story / Elizabeth Y. Langford
      App. A. Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Guidelines for Nursing Homes
      App. B. Frequently Asked Questions About Portable Total Body Patient/Resident Lifts
      App. C. Frequently Asked Questions about Sit-to-Stand Patient/Resident Devices
      App. D. Equipment Options.
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