A COMPARISON OF REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OF BACK INJURY PREVENTION.
Contributors: Seattle University.
Published: 1993
Number of pages: 91
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Education.
Description: The purpose of this study was to compare the knowledge level and self-identified skill level of professional registered nurses and nursing students regarding the prevention of back injuries. This study also focused on the learning needs of both registered nurses and nursing students in order to determine how education and training in back injury prevention could be used to help prevent problems with low back pain. The data for this study were collected from 50 registered nurses and 50 nursing students ranging in age from 20 years of age to 62 years of age. The study participants included both women and men. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature on low back pain and low back injuries in health care professionals, the research design consisted of completion of a questionnaire by all 100 of study participants and of an interview by a subset (10%) of the 100 study participants. The study demonstrated that 89% of the study participants had experienced back pain due to occupational causes, to non-occupational causes, and to unknown causes. As demonstrated by the study, the major risk factors for back pain and back injury included: previous personal history of back pain, lack of personal physical conditioning, stress, not taking the time to obtain help from colleagues, and not taking the time to utilize correct body mechanics or lifting devices. The majority of the study participants (66%), stated that additional education and training in back injury prevention would be of great value to them. The types of preferred education and training were also identified in the study.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-04, Section: B, page: 1888.

Thesis (ED.D.)--SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, 1993.

School code: 0551.