Risk Management Report
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Risk Management Report
This poster is designed to address the risk of back pain as it is a common problem for nurses to suffer from work related low back pain more than workers in other professions. The aim of the poster is to increase the awareness of back pain as it is the ‘worse enemy’ of the care environment. Very often nurses hurt their backs while turning bed ridden patients or while transferring patients from bed to chairs. Millions of pounds have been paid out in compensations to nurses who have injured their back. According to the Health and Safety at work Act, 1974, employers are legally bound to establish a safe system of work (NICE 2008). Efforts have been established to make mandatory training available but a number of potential hazards has increased with new technological equipment (Peate 2005). From a point of view of a patient who needs assistance with daily living activities during the stay at hospital, the situation could create a general mistrust towards the nursing staff. Patients vary in their perception of care but it is fundamental to listen to their point of view to be able to respond to their needs (Moyet 2007).
To understand how this enemy acts on the nurses’ health and career, here is a very brief description of the back anatomy and how back injury occurs. The vertebral column is like a strong flexible rod that moves anteriorly, posteriorly and laterally, it also rotates. It supports the head and is an attachment for the ribs and muscles. Some intervertebral discs form powerful joints between the vertebrae to permit various movements and also to absorb vertical shock. Some ligaments of a large amount of elastic tissue permits forward flexion but it is the skeletal muscles that are the most important for movements. Musculoskeletal problem accompanied with osteoarthritis or an intervertebral disk dysfunction are among the causes of back pain though stress and obesity can contribute to the problem . An inflammatory...
This poster is designed to address the risk of back pain as it is a common problem for nurses to suffer from work related low back pain more than workers in other professions. The aim of the poster is to increase the awareness of back pain as it is the ‘worse enemy’ of the care environment. Very often nurses hurt their backs while turning bed ridden patients or while transferring patients from bed to chairs. Millions of pounds have been paid out in compensations to nurses who have injured their back. According to the Health and Safety at work Act, 1974, employers are legally bound to establish a safe system of work (NICE 2008). Efforts have been established to make mandatory training available but a number of potential hazards has increased with new technological equipment (Peate 2005). From a point of view of a patient who needs assistance with daily living activities during the stay at hospital, the situation could create a general mistrust towards the nursing staff. Patients vary in their perception of care but it is fundamental to listen to their point of view to be able to respond to their needs (Moyet 2007).
To understand how this enemy acts on the nurses’ health and career, here is a very brief description of the back anatomy and how back injury occurs. The vertebral column is like a strong flexible rod that moves anteriorly, posteriorly and laterally, it also rotates. It supports the head and is an attachment for the ribs and muscles. Some intervertebral discs form powerful joints between the vertebrae to permit various movements and also to absorb vertical shock. Some ligaments of a large amount of elastic tissue permits forward flexion but it is the skeletal muscles that are the most important for movements. Musculoskeletal problem accompanied with osteoarthritis or an intervertebral disk dysfunction are among the causes of back pain though stress and obesity can contribute to the problem . An inflammatory...