Weight Lifting RN's

lvnandmomx3 · Aug 20, 2008, 04:21 PM

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I had to take a physical for my current position and part of it required me to lift 75lbs and move them about 2 feet. It was not bad as the weights were in a crate.

*ChristineN* · Aug 20, 2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lvnandmomx3

I had to take a physical for my current position and part of it required me to lift 75lbs and move them about 2 feet. It was not bad as the weights were in a crate.

I was supposed to pass a physical similar to that when I started nursing school, but my country doctor, didn't really test strengh, just tested for scoliosis. With my shoulder the way it is now, there are times when I can not even rotate my arm, much less lift 75 lbs. Thank god, I like working with kids.

mcknis · Aug 25, 2008, 03:38 PM

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while reading these posts there is a fat loss ad at the bottom of my page. LOL!!!

WorkinTheStreets · Aug 25, 2008, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bo Shoi Ming

You think I should risk personal injury to avoid not being labeled not one of the team and lifting 100#? Have you ever had a back injury or cuff rotator surgery? Bo

Don't take it personal...I was making a general statement. And yes, I have disc/back issues at L3-L4-L5. I work EMS and often carry heavy pts down stairs, up stairs and from cot to bed with just me and a partner...if they are big pts, we just get more help. I have experienced some nurses and EMT's hiding instead of helping. I have seen EMT's get fired for refusing to move pts for fear of getting hurt. The job is all about team work...whether we are moving a pt or just ordering lunch.

Bo Shoi Ming · Aug 25, 2008, 06:12 PM

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There is a twenty something 1000# woman (that's right a half ton) on trial here in Texas for murdering a 2 yr old. She won't fit through the jail door and is too wide for the county court house doors.

County officials are actually considering building a new jail with doors wide enough for her. Cost is in the tens of thousands of dollars. I'd suggest a better deal would be to pay for her diet and force her to stick with it until she can fit through the existing doors.

She's under house arrest with a ankle braclet to keep track of her.

Bo

Originally Posted by WorkinTheStreets

Don't take it personal...I was making a general statement. And yes, I have disc/back issues at L3-L4-L5. I work EMS and often carry heavy pts down stairs, up stairs and from cot to bed with just me and a partner...if they are big pts, we just get more help. I have experienced some nurses and EMT's hiding instead of helping. I have seen EMT's get fired for refusing to move pts for fear of getting hurt. The job is all about team work...whether we are moving a pt or just ordering lunch.

ImMrBill3, RN · Mar 19, 2009, 11:11 PM

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Aren't there OSHA regs stating that lifting over 50#s is likely to cause injury?

*Valerie Salva* · Mar 19, 2009, 11:27 PM

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I recently read that 80% of nurses have had at least one back injury. (I've had four).
Nursing is hard physical work, and there is sometimes no one available to help.
It is not always possible to use correct body mechanics, either.

lumberjack · Mar 26, 2009, 10:53 PM

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Hah, I laugh just imagining half the nurses in my hospital trying to lift 100#. No way many (most?) could do it. They are big on mechanical lifts and assists here. Nursing/workers comp costs way too much for them to risk injury. After all, even before the ABCs comes scene safety. Ya can't help others if you become a victim first.

Bo Shoi Ming · Mar 27, 2009, 08:47 AM

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Well if the nurses can't pass the 100# clean and jerk in the weight lifting requirements for nurses they could get a job in construction.

A jack hammer only weigh 95#.

Bo Shoi Ming

just_cause · Mar 28, 2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Valerie Salva

I recently read that 80% of nurses have had at least one back injury. (I've had four).
Nursing is hard physical work, and there is sometimes no one available to help.
It is not always possible to use correct body mechanics, either.

well... I actually am 'pro' lift equipment - otherwise its only a matter of time before injury occurs and the burden is on the nurse or if the client is injured the burden is on the nurse.

plus - have you ever tried to clean and jerk a person... extremely awkward! rofl
Weights are more cooperative

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