Every
nurse and nurses’s aide has to bend and lift to properly care for their
patients. Over and over again. They have
to lift far more than anyone should ever have to lift. (1.8 TONS per shift!!) Dockworkers get cranes
and forklifts, why do nurses have to use their backs????
WRITE
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!!! There has been a national Safe Patient Handling law introduced in Congress each year for the last several years. It gets tabled in committee because those who support it don't much money, and those who oppose have large budgets. It's H.R. 2480. I’m going to
continue trying to generate support on Facebook and other social media. This is something beyond political
parties. 10 states have enacted Safe
Patient Handling laws, and their injury rates are down. Let’s get laws passed in all the other
states, or even a national law. This is activism we can all agree on!
Even though there is a law (passed in 1974) that employers cannot knowingly expose their workers to harmful work conditions, hospitals and nursing homes actually budget for the injuries they know will occur.
There is a TON of research about this. But, change isn’t going to happen until there is enough support from EVERYONE, not just from nurses. Let’s generate support.
CARE FOR
OUR CAREGIVERS!!!
