Lowering nursing injuries using post offer pre-employment testing.
OBJECTIVE
Nursing injuries are alarmingly high in the healthcare system. The rate of injuries adds to the shortage of nurses that are already employed. Preventing nursing injuries has focused on utilizing patient handling equipment. This project used post offer pre employment testing to attempt to control the injuries of nurses in a healthcare facility.


RESULTS
Injuries were significantly lower in the employment pool that was tested when compared the nursing staff that had not been tested. Five injuries were reported in the tested group, resulting in $1,778 spent on the injuries, whereas the non-tested group had 54 injuries totaling $26,208. The total return on investment by this program was $4,541,059.


CONCLUSIONS
Post Offer Pre employment testing can be a cost effective way to decrease the amount of injuries with nursing staff.
Faris
Jason
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CHRISTUS St. Michael Outpatient Rehab Clinic, 2223 Morris Lane, Texarkana, TX 75504, USA. jason.faris@christushealth.org
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000639:trends*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010808:Physical Examination; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation