Nurse2332

I have a resident that was using a sit to stand lift when I came on. This resident doesn't support her own body weight, cannot sit up unsupported, needs help moving her feet and hands onto the lift and sometimes can't bend her knees without assistance. I was told to do a lift evaluation on this resident and it is a yes or no questionarre that said the resident needed a total mechanical lift. The resident is fighting having to go on the lift but multiple staff members feel unsafe using the sit to stand with the resident. One instance I was trying to get her hooked up and the resident suddenly lost control of holding herself up and fell backwards. Therapy is evaluating the resident saying it's safe to use the sit to stand with her. Our policy says only one person is needed for our facility lifts but no one feels comfortable doing it alone. I've heard that people can lose their license over lifts so my question is, can we be forced to use a sit to stand when we feel it's unsafe? My hesitation is worrying she will slip out of it while transferring to the toilet which she is also incontinent. She will say she's done then we start raising the lift up to wipe her and BM will go everywhere that we end up having to clean all over her and the bathroom floor. The whole thing is a disaster.