No lift policy

Paul, I think you've gotten no replies because the question is not clear. Are you referring to weight limits that nurses are allowed to lift, patients' lifting things after abd surgery, etc, Hoyer lifts, elevators during a fire drill.....?

I'm sure many of us would be glad to help if the question were more specific.

I've got a question on the subject and believe it's in the general vicinity of what PaulG was asking anyway. Recently, I’ve been out pounding the pavement looking for work. During my journey I’ve seen something new in the industry (at least for me) popping up increasingly more and more. What I’m talking about are the new so called no lift facilities. This is a completely new concept for me, and I’m wondering if someone could find the time to explain the policy to me. I don’t understand how this could work no lifting in a hospital? I’m all for it 100% if it indeed works. So could anyone please tell me what they know on the subject?

There are several threads around, search "no lift policy". I know there's one on the UK nurses' forum 'cos I posted to it a while back.

A no lift policy means what it says

We don't lift at all

We assist to move if the patient can help by sliding, suporting otherwise we Hoist.

Lots of patient with education now move themselves

There is no such thing as a no lift policy in The States. In fact, Bush just eliminated some OSHA standards for health care facilities related to lifting, ergonomics and back injuries.

If UK nurses don't lift, how do you move the pts?

[quote]Originally posted by Hellllllo Nurse
[b]There is no such thing as a no lift policy in The States. In fact, Bush just eliminated some OSHA standards for health care facilities related to lifting, ergonomics and back injuries.

Could you elaborate on this for me please? When did this happen? Why is it such a big surprise to me?

OSHA to drop nursing homes as inspection targets
Nursing homes may have one less inspection to worry about in the future. The Occupational Safety and Heath Administration (OSHA) plans to remove nursing homes from future targeting efforts, according to a new report from the General Accounting Office (GAO). In a small footnote, the GAO report on OSHA enforcement programs quotes OSHA officials as saying they'll drop nursing homes as a workplace focus because there's no ergonomics standard under which its inspectors can cite hazards. OSHA at one time targeted nursing homes--where workers frequently experience ergonomic-related injuries, such as back injuries from lifting and moving residents--and cited them under its "general duty clause" for unsafe work environments. However, the Bush administration in 2001 overturned an ergonomics standard that would have addressed a series of musculoskeletal hazards and inspectors have since been discouraged from using the clause to cite violations. An OSHA spokesperson could not be reached for comment.



http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0702-10.htm

http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/4135/1/182/

http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=672


http://www.ibew.org/stories/02daily/...20305_OSHA.htm

http://www.uaw.org/hs/03/02/hs01.cfm

Here's an article about Bush increasing the amounts of toxins that workers can be exposed to:

http://www.aflcio.org/yourjobeconomy...ns10222003.cfm

WE got ours introduced and enacted by hitting admin in the pocket book. Here is the Queensland nurses Union submission showing how a "no lift" policy can SAVE an institution money. Sell it on that front and you don't have to worry about Bush (so much)

http://www.qnu.org.au/about_qnu/occu...o_lifting_2000

I do not think it's possible to sell anything that makes sense to Bush.