Introduction
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Hospitals have high rates of non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses. Nearly 50 percent of injuries and illnesses reported in 2013 among nurses and nursing support staff were musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
Your hospital can address the biggest cause of workplace injuries with a comprehensive program to promote safe lifting, repositioning, and transfer of patients.
This course will help you develop or refine a safe patient handling program to protect workers and patients.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, you should be able to:
| ID | Objective |
|---|---|
| TO 1.0 | Achieve a minimum score of 70% on the final course assessment. |
| LO 1.1.1 | Identify and describe each step in the safe patient handling assessment process. |
| LO 1.2.1 | Describe ways management can demonstrate support and a commitment to controlling exposures to hazardous tasks. |
| LO 1.3.1 | Describe steps in developing and implementing a safe patient handling program. |
| LO 1.4.1 | Describe steps in evaluating the safe patient handling program. |
Key: Terminal Objective (TO), Learning Objective (LO)