SPHM

safe patient handling and mobility(English)

  • there are 8 standards to address the responsibilities of the employer or organization as well as those of health care workers related to lifting, transferring, repositioning, and moving patients. These standards were developed to enhance patient safety, promote patient and employee satisfaction, prevent injury to nurses, lower workers’ compensation costs, and promote the retention of nurses
  • ANA, OSHA, QSEN
  • Safety and health, Care giver/provider, Nurse / nursing
  • https://doi.org…165079916654928