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Protect Your Back, Protect Your Career

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19 questions
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  • Q1
    The Bureau of Labor and Statistics lists which occupation as #1 at risk for sprains and strains?
    Nurses
    Police Officers
    Nurse Aides and Orderlies
    Construction wokers
    10s
  • Q2
    What percent of nurses complain of chronic back pain?
    12%
    41%
    23%
    52%
    10s
  • Q3
    True or False: Proper use of body mechanics can protect help protect you from injury
    False
    True
    10s
  • Q4
    Patient handling tasks are recognized as the primary cause of musculoskeletal disorders among the nursing workforce. Of primary concern are ____ injuries and ____ sprains which can be both severely disabling (ANA, 2018).
    Knee injuries and sprains
    Back injuries and shoulder sprains
    Wrist injuries and elbow sprains
    10s
  • Q5
    True or False: The future of health care is to make manual patient handling obsolete
    False
    True
    10s
  • Q6
    A patient weighs 275lbs and needs max assistance transferring from the stretcher to the bed. What safe patient handling equipment should you use?
    Hoover Mat
    1 slide tube
    2 slide tubes
    Nothing, just pull them on the sheet with 3 people
    10s
  • Q7
    On average a caregiver will lift, push, pull ________________ lbs or more EVERY shift.
    5,400 lbs
    1,050 lbs
    2,500 lbs
    3,750 lbs
    10s
  • Q8
    It is important to use safe patient handling equipment when?
    When I have time to get the equipment
    When I can get someone to help me
    Every time physical assistance is required
    Most of the time physical assistance is required, but depends on the task
    10s
  • Q9
    Slide tubes (also known as friction-reduction devices) reduce the force necessary to horizontally transfer a patient by ______%
    65%
    40%
    25%
    90%
    10s
  • Q10
    My coworker asked for my help boosting a small elderly patient up in bed. What steps should I take to protect my body?
    Raise the bed boost.
    Just grab that pink pad and boost.
    Place a slide sheet under the patient.
    Place a slide sheet under the bed. Raise the bed to correct height. Trendelenberg the bed if possible.
    10s
  • Q11
    Hoover Mats (also known as inflatable air transfer devices) reduce the friction of transferring a patient by ____%?
    45-50%
    50-60%
    65-70%
    80-90%
    10s
  • Q12
    True or False: Hover mats can be used for Q2 turns, including left and right repositioning
    False
    True
    10s
  • Q13
    A hover mat can stay under a patient for how long?
    12 hours
    No limit
    6 hours
    4 hours
    10s
  • Q14
    After contracting a work related musculoskeletal injury, the average recovery time for a CNA is...
    75 days
    8 days
    14 days
    45 days
    10s
  • Q15
    Providence policy states that a caregiver should never lift more than ____lbs during manual handling of patients.
    40 lbs
    45 lbs
    50 lbs
    35 lbs
    10s

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