TY - JOUR T1 - Predictors of registered nurses' lifting behavior. AU - Wachs,J E, AU - Parker-Conrad,J E, PY - 1989/4/1/pubmed PY - 1989/4/1/medline PY - 1989/4/1/entrez SP - 131 EP - 40 JF - AAOHN journal : official journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses JO - AAOHN J VL - 37 IS - 4 N2 - 1. Nurses continue to experience back pain and injury as a result of occupational stressors, with most attributed to lifting clients. 2. Research found that only 2% of nurses lifted clients as prescribed by current nursing textbooks. 3. Nurses' lifting behavior was related to the age of the nurse and the type of client movement. 4. Ongoing education regarding prescribed lifting behavior in clinical settings and continued research regarding strategies to increase the prevalence of safe behavior in the workplace are recommended. SN - 0891-0162 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/2522785/Predictors_of_registered_nurses'_lifting_behavior_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -