MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AT NURSING WORK
Journal Title: Zarządzanie Przedsiębiorstwem - Year 2018, Vol 21, Issue 2
Abstract
Ergonomics in healthcare is still in its infancy. The responsibilities of healthcare personnel include taking care of the health of the whole population. That is why it is very important to care about healthcare personnel. This article is a presentation of a survey conducted in Slovakia. The survey focused on nurses who work directly at their patients’ beds. The objective of the survey was to verify the physical load of nursing profession and to determine the most frequently musculoskeletal disorders of nurses. The survey was conducted in the form of the Nordic Questionnaire. The results of the survey confirmed the most serious difficulties for nurses with the musculoskeletal apparatus. The results also showed pain-related dependence in one body part of a nursing professional depending on his or her profile. However, the analyses included in this article can be applied to any company management, not only nurses.
Authors and Affiliations
Luboslav Dulina, Ivana Cechova, Miroslava Kramarova
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP496767
- DOI -
- Views 59
- Downloads 0
Koncepcja zastosowania narzędzi predykcji w projektowaniu harmonogramów odpornych
The development of competitiveness on world markets caused the need to increase production flexibility. An essential tool in achieving this purpose could be production scheduling. Unfortunately, the production process is...
Wykorzystanie narzędzi jakości do oceny jakościowej wybranego produktu
Quality tools are good instruments for the qualitative analysis of various products and services. The choice of using tools depends on the specificity of product and the kind of results that the user wants to achieve. The...
SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF DIGITIZATION IN GERMANY
Today’s industry is historically shaped by the transformation from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. Taylor and Ford are the pioneers of mass production. This principle is still used today in the production of goods...
Analiza funkcjonowania systemu kanban w przedsiębiorstwie produkcyjnym
Paper presents an assessment of the functioning of the production control system in a manufacturing company. The assessment was based on the perception of the employees. In the opinion of the surveyed employees kanban ha...
AN ANALYSIS OF MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION UTILIZING ELECTED METHODS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
The aim of this article is to analyze the making of a decision to purchase a machine for a selected company, to analyze the making of a decision to purchase a machine was made with the methods of strategic management, fo...