Senior Nursing Poster Session (Virtual)
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
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Dr. Jessica Naber
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
Research studies have analyzed the importance of lifting teams in the acute care settings of the hospital. Lifting teams provide nurses with the trained assistance they need to refrain from reoccurring musculoskeletal injuries. These lift team members are scheduled and trained staff members who are able to focus on patients’ needs and modes of transportation. The focus of these lift teams would be to add efficiency to the healthcare system and increase patient skin integrity and satisfaction rates. In my first study it examined the effectiveness of a multifaceted minimal-lifting environment on nursing areas. The study was focused on musculoskeletal injury rates and workers’ compensation costs for patient-handing injuries. “The Lift Team Method for Reducing Back Injuries” is a quasi-experimental study completed in 1997. The purpose of the experiment was to determine if there will be a decrease in lost time injury if nurses are removed from patient lifting. My third study was performed in a large West Coast hospital in May of 1991. The goal of the study was to reduce the number and types of lifts done by their 733 nurses a day to lower the number of back injuries and lower injury compensation costs. The rewarding lift team policy and evidence based research studies I found can form a solid foundation for future facilities. The goal is that my updated lift team policy would mend the overexertion of nurse’s roles which would lead to a decrease of injuries in new facilities.
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Evidence Based Best Practices in Clinical Healthcare (Posters)
Lifting Teams in the Acute Care Settings
Research studies have analyzed the importance of lifting teams in the acute care settings of the hospital. Lifting teams provide nurses with the trained assistance they need to refrain from reoccurring musculoskeletal injuries. These lift team members are scheduled and trained staff members who are able to focus on patients’ needs and modes of transportation. The focus of these lift teams would be to add efficiency to the healthcare system and increase patient skin integrity and satisfaction rates. In my first study it examined the effectiveness of a multifaceted minimal-lifting environment on nursing areas. The study was focused on musculoskeletal injury rates and workers’ compensation costs for patient-handing injuries. “The Lift Team Method for Reducing Back Injuries” is a quasi-experimental study completed in 1997. The purpose of the experiment was to determine if there will be a decrease in lost time injury if nurses are removed from patient lifting. My third study was performed in a large West Coast hospital in May of 1991. The goal of the study was to reduce the number and types of lifts done by their 733 nurses a day to lower the number of back injuries and lower injury compensation costs. The rewarding lift team policy and evidence based research studies I found can form a solid foundation for future facilities. The goal is that my updated lift team policy would mend the overexertion of nurse’s roles which would lead to a decrease of injuries in new facilities.