Changing manual-handling practice in a stroke rehabilitation unit.
Patients who have had a stroke are often unable to support their full weight when moving. Recent guidelines on patient handling stress the risk of injury to nurses' backs if they lift patients or support their body weight. Nurses in one stroke rehabilitation unit who used a 'pivot' transfer had to reconsider their practice and explore other options for moving patients.
Mutch
Kerry
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Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, Ellesmere Port Hospital, Cheshire.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019567:Back Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000379:methods; D011050:Policy Making; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D006113:United Kingdom