Notably for activities during basic care, nursing staff often have to lean forward, for example to be able to wash patients’ legs or feet. High weights are often moved and the body reacts to unfavorable working angles in the medium and long term with symptoms and injuries – a consequence of excessive and one-sided loads during lifting and repositioning.
Our series „Ergonomic work in nursing professions“ gives tips and instructions for the ergonomic execution of daily tasks in the care sector. Today it is about Raising a resident without his/her help.
Preparation of the resident
• Both legs are put in position
• The resident is turned in the direction of the nursing staff
Preparation for nursing staff
• The nursing staff takes a stable, slightly bent position parallel to the bed
• The resident’s hand lies on the nursing staff’s shoulder
Raising the resident
• The resident’s knee and feet are pushed away from the bed
• Then the nursing staff shifts his body weight forward and straightens the resident into a sitting position
Here are all steps in a video:
