Effects of two hospital bed design features on physical demands and usability during brake engagement and patient transportation: A repeated measures experimental study

Job factors related to musculoskeletal symptoms among nursing personnel – a review

“…Regarding the literature review about other measuring instruments, it was found the use of generic questionnaires for evaluation of several disorders among nursing personnel. Depression, emotional fatigue, musculoskeletal symptoms, burnout, sleep quality are some of the problems evaluated using generic questionnaires [2,5-8, 11,14,15,19,28,[30][31][32][37][38][39][40]42,43].…”

Effect of a powered drive on pushing and pulling forces when transporting bariatric hospital beds

“…Mehta et al (2011) recorded subjective ratings and found that perceived difficulty was significantly lower when the caster lock was engaged as compared to disengaged. Kim et al (2009) measured hand forces and subjective ratings when comparing a caster lock to an unpowered fifth wheel and failed to find statistically significant differences. Daniell et al (2014) measured EMG of trunk and limb muscles when evaluating standalone powered bed movers and found that compared to an unpowered bed the bed movers reduced muscle activation for some torso muscles.…”

Understanding Work-related Musculoskeletal Injuries in Rehabilitation from a Nursing Perspective

“…A fast paced job, heavy work load, high patient acuity, nurse patient ratio and under‐reported work‐related injuries are contributing factors. The survey results also indicate that lack of time, not enough help, ergonomics, and repetitious body movement also contribute to work‐related musculoskeletal injuries (Kim et al., ; Lee et al., ; Nelson et al., ; Rockefeller, ; Waters & Rockefeller, ). Ergonomic issues play a role; however, this study expands on that, understanding that it is not only the patient lifting devices but physical layout of a unit makes it difficult for rehabilitation nurses to function safely in their daily practice.…”

“…The current evidence from the literature suggests using mechanical lifting equipment to protect healthcare workers from injury while promoting patient mobility (Rockefeller, ). However, perceived lack of time and inappropriate ergonomic devices make their use impractical (Collins, Wolf, Bell, & Evanoff, ; Fujishiro, Weaver, Heaney, Hamrick, & Marras, ; Guthrie et al., ; Kim, Barker, Jia, Agnew, & Nussbaum, ). In addition, rehabilitation nurses often engage in therapeutic tasks to advance patient mobility, which increases their exposure to work‐related musculoskeletal injuries.…”