title: Manual patient transfers used most often by student and staff nurses are consistent with their perceptions of transfer training, and performance confidence.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A disconnect in manual patient transfer (MPT) training practices for nurses, between what is taught and used in academic and clinical settings, could have implications for injury.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine: 1. what MPTs student and staff nurses use in clinical settings, and 2. if the MPTs used most often were also the ones they perceived that they received training for and had the most confidence performing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey responses from student nurses (n=163) (mid-sized university) and staff nurses (n=33) (local hospital) regarding 19 MPTs were analyzed to determine which transfers were perceived to be used most often, and which ones they had received training for and had the greatest confidence performing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The MPTs nurses perceived using most often were the same transfers they had the greatest confidence performing and for which they perceived receiving training. However, these MPTs were not taught at the university at the time of this investigation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reducing the disconnect between manual patient transfer training obtained in the academic and clinical environments will hopefully reduce the risk of injury for nurses and improve the quality of care for patients.
authors.forename: Paula M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: van Wyk
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055805:Moving and Lifting Patients / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009864:Ontario; D010465:Perception; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Training; healthcare; injury risk