Moving and Lifting Patients
"Moving and Lifting Patients" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Moving or repositioning patients within their beds, from bed to bed, bed to chair, or otherwise from one posture or surface to another.
| Descriptor ID |
D055805
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.585.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Moving and Lifting Patients- Moving and Lifting Patients
- Patient Moving
- Moving, Patient
- Movings, Patient
- Patient Movings
- Patient Repositioning
- Patient Repositionings
- Repositioning, Patient
- Repositionings, Patient
- Patient Moving and Lifting
- Patient Lifting
- Lifting, Patient
- Liftings, Patient
- Patient Liftings
Patient Handling- Patient Handling
- Handling, Patient
- Handlings, Patient
- Patient Handlings
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Moving and Lifting Patients" by people in Profiles.
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Initial Results of an Evidence-Based Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Program to Decrease Hospital Worker Injuries. Workplace Health Saf. 2017 Feb; 65(2):83-88.
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Creating a culture of safety for safe patient handling. Orthop Nurs. 2013 May-Jun; 32(3):155-64; quiz 165-6.
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Moving from a clinical question to research: the implementation of a safe patient handling program. Medsurg Nurs. 2012 Mar-Apr; 21(2):104-6, 116.
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Empowering staff nurses to use research to change practice for safe patient handling. Nurs Outlook. 2012 May-Jun; 60(3):157-62, 162.e1.