17. Development of an Ergonomics Training Program to Identify, Evaluate, and Control Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Nursing Assistants at a State-Run Veterans' Home

Abstract

& Blue, C. L. (2004). Ergonomics: The development of an ergonomics training program to identify, evaluate, and control musculoskeletal disorders among nursing assistants at a state-run veterans' home.

The dread factor: How hazards and safety training influence learning and performance.

“…We note that in some cases, we computed effects different from the original study design due to insufficient reporting of data or data that would produce out-of-bound effect-size estimates. For instance, while Peterson, McGlothlin, and Blue's (2004) study was based on pre-post design with a control group, the authors did not report findings for the control group, which necessitated treating this study as a within-subjects design.…”

Work-related musculoskeletal risks associated with nurses and nursing assistants handling overweight and obese patients: A literature review

“…The ergonomic patient handling program should include teaching/educating the nurses and nursing assistants for the good work practices and how to use engineering controls to reduce the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders [11]. The ergonomics training components should consist of pre-training data, given three months before training, that included a questionnaire about general information, questions about determining the stress of the top twenty perceived risk factors, to evaluate pain and discomfort levels, evaluating parts of the body, and to respond to a general health survey [11]. The nursing staff's work conditions and environments should be evaluated before training to determine information that should be included in the sessions [11].…”

“…Occupational back and other musculoskeletal injures are preventable, however changes in the workplace need to occur in order to prevent injuries and insure safe lifting of patients [13]. Training of nurses and nursing assistants on patient handling in nursing homes is a major component stressed by OSHA [30] to lessen and prevent occupationally related musculoskeletal illnesses and injuries [11]. The ergonomic patient handling program should include teaching/educating the nurses and nursing assistants for the good work practices and how to use engineering controls to reduce the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders [11].…”

“…Training of nurses and nursing assistants on patient handling in nursing homes is a major component stressed by OSHA [30] to lessen and prevent occupationally related musculoskeletal illnesses and injuries [11]. The ergonomic patient handling program should include teaching/educating the nurses and nursing assistants for the good work practices and how to use engineering controls to reduce the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders [11]. The ergonomics training components should consist of pre-training data, given three months before training, that included a questionnaire about general information, questions about determining the stress of the top twenty perceived risk factors, to evaluate pain and discomfort levels, evaluating parts of the body, and to respond to a general health survey [11].…”

“…The musculoskeletal risk factors have been identified and are associated with patient handling tasks such as transferring patients from the bed to wheelchair, repositioning patients in bed, transferring patients from the toilet to a chair, transferring from a chair to bed, transferring from a bathtub to chair, lifting a patient in bed, making a bed with a patient in it, and transferring from one bed to another [9,11]. Researchers found that patient handling was conveyed as the primary discomfort in most of the body areas.…”