Back Injuries and the RN/LPN/Healthcare Worker

The statistics regarding back injuries are frightening with approximately 80% of Adults expected to experience back injuries in their lifetime with 10% re-injuring! When it comes to health care professionals the statistics are even worse. Nurses Announcements Archive Article

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polytech1

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I would like to know if someone can answer a question for me? I was hurt on the job and I am seeing a new pain management Dr, he saw me once and put me on no restrictions as a sleep technician, but still has me on percocet 4 times daily, Soma 4 times daily, mobic 1 daily and Gabapentin 4 times daily, I am in chronic pain and can't sit for longer then 15 mins and can hardly have use of my right shoulder all the way down to my hand with numbness and tingling and can't lift things above my head or reach or lift my Rt arm nor reach behind me with it and I also have pain in my back and all the way down my Rt leg in the back of it. Can I return to work while using all these meds? when I take them I get foggy and very tired and don't have a clear head and fall asleep. I will find out the results of my MRI on my rt shoulder this week sometime but he still has said to me, suck it up and get back to work. someone please help me out.

Specializes in FNP, ONP.
Body Mechanics had nothing to do with it. I had proper body mechanics the injury was unavoidable. but thank you for your kind heart felt help.

It was simply an objective, and undeniable, observation of fact. Repeated use of poor body mechanics is the major cause of back injuries. :shrug: Another fact: I haven't read your post and wasn't talking to you specifically.

Silverdragon102, BSN

1 Article; 39,477 Posts

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Guess that is why I love the UK and their no lifting policy. If the patient can not do it themselves then mechanical lift is used.

Where I work in Canada the policy is if the client can not do 75% of the work themselves then mechanical means will be used. Staff back injuries are just to high for it to continue

3kidslater

5 Posts

Well No you shouldnt be working without a clear head and should not be driving at all like that. But unfortunantly us nurses dont really count when it comes to orders it has to come from a doc.

dapc

16 Posts

It happened to me. But 80 yr old kicked at my head! Jobs insurance will not pay to have me fixed and is actually saying i am not injured, and this is Texas the worker has NO RIGHTS.