Nursing Word Scramble
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Ergonomics | Laws of work. Fitting the task to the worker. NOT fitting the worker to the task. |
Patient Care Ergonomics | Allows you to work in a comfortable position that avoids awkward postures while you work. Provides an understanding of the limits of the performance capabilities of your body. |
Patient Care Ergonomics Identifies: | Risk factors in your job tasks that may injure you. Risk factors in your work environment that may injure you. Gives you specific steps to reduce your risk of injury. |
Risks of job tasks | Awkward postures, lifting heavy loads, excessive pushing/pulling, frequent/repeated lifting and moving, tasks that last a long time, reaching |
Risks of job environment | Slip, trip, and fall hazards. Uneven work surfaces (stretchers, beds, chairs, toilets at different heights), space limitations (small rooms, lots of equipment |
Lateral Transfers | Move pt sideways. E.g. from a bed to a stretcher |
Transfers involving sitting positions | E.g. bed to chair, chair to chair, chair to toilet, car to chair |
Repositioning | Move pts up or side-to-side in bed or pull pts up in chairs |
Floor | Move pts who have fallen on the floor to their beds |
Key points for caregivers | Assess pt, assess area, decide on equipment, know how to use equipment, plan lift and communicate with staff and pt, work with another team member, have right equipment available |
Algorithm | A helpful rule. Step-by-step rules |
Lifting and moving algorithms | Step-by-step process that allows you to find the safest way to accomplish the task you are trying to perform. |
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