Safe Patient Handling v{{version}}
In this application, the inclusion of pictures and video clips of a variety of patient handling and mobility technologies is not an indication of product endorsement but is simply used to illustrate SPHM tasks and associated equipment types. Determine what technology your facility has chosen and follow the manufacturer's directions for use.
This mobile medical application is designed to support nurses and health care professionals in providing the safest care possible using evidence-based Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) techniques. The application offers a blend of knowledge and tools to prevent injury of both health care professionals and the patients they care for by incorporating patient assessments, scoring tools, algorithms, equipment guides, videos for training, and peer leader activity checklists. The information shared in this application offers the current best practices in SPHM at the point of care, preventing injury and improving interactions between patients and health care professionals.
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Comprehensive Patient Assessment and Algorithms
This tab allows the user to complete a comprehensive safe patient handling and mobility patient assessment. The assessment information is used in task-specific algorithms to generate patient handling equipment recommendations for each individual patient and task. This tab allows you to select single or multiple tasks to assess.
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Scoring and Algorithms for Specific Patient Handling Tasks
This tab allows the user to calculate a patient handling functional score for individual patients and correlate that score with equipment and other recommendations for specified tasks. This section was developed by VA Bay Pines Health Care System.
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National Association of Orthopedic Nurses' Algorithms/Clinical Tools
This tab allows the user to select tasks specific for orthopedic conditions and use algorithms and ergonomic tools to generate patient handling recommendations for individual patients.
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Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses' Algorithms
This tab provides a link to algorithms and ergonomic tools that generate recommendations for use of safe patient handling techniques in the perioperative environment.
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VA Training URL: http://mobile.va.gov/training
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