Nurses suffer work related musculoskeletal injuries every day. All too often these injuries lead to disability. ExceptionalNurse.com supports the "No Lift" legislation passed in some states. A comprehensive national "safe patient handling - no manual lift" law which would require mechanical lifting equipment and friction-reducing devices for all health care workers, patients, and residents across all health care settings, continues to be a critical need. Nurses are encouraged to lobby their state legislators to introduce a "safe patient handling - no manual lift" bill.

Handle with Care
American Nurses Association
NursingWorld.org

Anne Hudson, RN on "No Lift" Legislation
by Don Vaughan
Newsweek, June 19, 2006

"Backing up Nurses"
by Judith Berg
Nursing Spectrum, July 3, 2006

Handle with Care, New lifting policies prevent injuries
by Don Vaughan
Nursing Spectrum, July 17, 2006

"Watching our backs-RNs get a lift from No Lift Policies"
By Phil McPeck, June 19, 2006

Work Injured Nurses (United States)
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