Safe Patient Handling Movement
While supporting the elimination of manual patient handling, the ANA is lobbying for Safe Patient Handling (SPH) legislation. This legislation will include more assistive equipment and devices to help with patient handling. Health care, particularly the nursing field, has become one of the most dangerous industries in the United States. Nurses are prone to musculoskeletal disorders, more particularly back injuries, and the recent downsizing has required more strain on individual nurses. With technology, more lifting and transferring equipment is being used to help with lifting and moving the patients.