A nurse professor is educating nursing students on the American Nurses Association's recommendation to use assistive devices for safe patient handling.The nurse professor judges the teaching to be effective when one of the students states

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In many situations,proper body mechanics are not adequate to protect the nurse.The nurse cannot adjust body mechanics in a way that fully protects the back.Teaching nurses to use proper body mechanics to lift and turn patients has not resulted in fewer injuries.The current recommendations by the ANA include the use of assistive patient-handling devices for lifting,transferring,and turning patients.The state board of nursing would not necessarily be the agency tracking data regarding back injuries.This would more than likely be the local or state hospital association tracking these data.Even if there are increased lawsuits related to back injuries,there are also a great number of injuries that do not end up in litigation,so the data would be inaccurate to make the assumption.

A Nurse Professor Is Educating Nursing Students on the American