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A nurse speaks out ... preventable back injuries and nursing.

Publication: ABNF Journal
Publication Date: 01-SEP-03 		Format: Online - approximately 993 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: A nurse speaks out ... preventable back injuries and nursing.(Commentary)

Article Excerpt
There is a lot of bantering about the nursing shortage these days. Hospitals are restructuring their nursing staff, grants are being issued, research studies are being conducted and presented. What surprises me is that very little is being said about the epidemic of preventable back injuries to nurses. Back injuries are occurring within the nursing population at an alarming rate. William Charney (2001), Department of Health, states that, "Every day in the USA, 9,000 health care workers sustain a disabling injury while on the job." In evaluating studies related to back injury, Bernice Owens, RN, (2000), reports that "thirty-eight percent of 503 respondents had suffered back pain severe enough to require leave from work." Registered Nurses and nurses aides are the number one back injured group in most states of the USA. Ms. Owens (2000) also refers to another study in England that found "that twelve percent of...

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