title: Improving patient moving and handling skills.
abstract: Training in manual handling should incorporate a problem-solving approach. The handling and moving of patients is a learned skill that needs regular revision. Assessment of patient capabilities is essential, as is the provision of a safe, ergonomically satisfactory environment. There is no single technique that works in all situations.
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires