Comments on: The Future Role of Nurses http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/the-future-role-of-nurses/ Discover Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: San Diego Office Furniture http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/the-future-role-of-nurses/comment-page-1/#comment-625 San Diego Office Furniture Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:46:35 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=7183#comment-625 Another very important initiative is greater workplace safety. Too many of the healthcare workers I know (nurses, nursing home attendants, etc.) end up with permanent back injuries due to chronic under staffing and lack of proper equipment. They are expected to lift and move patients without adequate assistance - often in situations where the nurses feel that they can't ethically say "no" since a patient is in immediate need. This type of avoidable injury happens far too often and is clearly an area where OSHA needs to step in and make employers responsible for keeping staffing at appropriate levels and providing equipment to nursing staff. Daisy McCarty http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog/ Another very important initiative is greater workplace safety. Too many of the healthcare workers I know (nurses, nursing home attendants, etc.) end up with permanent back injuries due to chronic under staffing and lack of proper equipment. They are expected to lift and move patients without adequate assistance – often in situations where the nurses feel that they can’t ethically say “no” since a patient is in immediate need. This type of avoidable injury happens far too often and is clearly an area where OSHA needs to step in and make employers responsible for keeping staffing at appropriate levels and providing equipment to nursing staff.

Daisy McCarty
http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog/

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