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What are the saftey precautions in Registered Nursing?

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Amy’s Answer

Many safety precautions are taken daily while working as a nurse. This could be as simple as wearing gloves, and treating all fluids as potentially infectious. Engineering controls to prevent sharps injuries such as needle sticks. During this time of Covid, wearing PPE both in and out of the hospital to protect self and patients is very important. Many times body mechanics/ergonomics are taught to assist with preventing back and other injuries occupational injuries. Many locations also have secured access to buildings, hospitals etc, based on nurse ID. As a nurse, we protect the safety of our patients throughout our day, and by doing that also protect ourselves.
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Hannah’s Answer

This has a lot of information, but this is the government's primary resource for Safety and Nurses. OSHA (the federal government's office of worker safety) put out this website all about safety: https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hospitals/patient_handling.html

See in particular this memo from 2015: https://www.osha.gov/dep/enforcement/inpatient_insp_06252015.html. In summary it seems like some of the biggest concerns are:

  • Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) relating to patient or resident handling,
  • Workplace violence (WPV),
  • Bloodborne pathogens (BBP),
  • Tuberculosis (TB), and
  • Slips, trips and falls (STFs).

Here are some thoughts from Nurse.com: https://www.nurse.com/blog/2016/11/16/what-nurses-need-to-know-about-workplace-safety/

I think the thing to consider is how prepared your place of work will be for these hazards, or how seriously they consider them! So it's good to be aware of them, and when you're considering a place to work, make sure to ask how they prevent these hazards! Or help existing nurses be safe :)
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