Abstract
This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module on “An Inspection Tool and Process Identifying Modifiable Aspects of Acute Care Hospital Patient Care Units to Prevent Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.” 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.
A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://www.aaohn.org by March 2020; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.
Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:
Discuss the background, goals, development, and implementation of an inspection tool to identify modifiable aspects of acute hospital patient care areas to prevent occupational musculoskeletal disorders
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283).
Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.
remain stable may develop rapidly are always mitigated by equipment updates occur in a predictable manner
need for employee safety education safety policy and regulatory compliance injury incidence in the workplace feedback to workers and supervisors
policies that were ineffective in preventing injury modifiable physical work conditions staffing patterns that increase injury risk ergonomic knowledge of the staff
identifying a framework piloting the tool consulting OSHA drafting the tool
develop a report written by the ergonomist consistently include “fixed” features of the environment make recommendations for building renovations suggest physical environment modifications
communicating immediate observations including actionable recommendations holding a debriefing for staff immediately after the inspection discussing findings with hospital administration only
awkward position patient handling and mobilization housekeeping equipment safety
collection of multiple data at one point in time trending data over time data to justify increased spending for hazard mitigation data only useful to occupational health and safety personnel