A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PROPER BODY MECHANIC TECHNIQUES AMONG STAFF NURSES

Author Name: Parvej Khan

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: INDIA

DOI NO.: NA, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-25662434/

Affiliation:

1. M.sc.Nursing,Medical Surgical Nursing-Critical care
   E-mail:Sonukayamkhani@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the detail-oriented care of individuals, families and communities in attaining, maintaining and recovering optimal health and functioning. The goal of nursing is healing the sick, so it’s ironic that nursing as a profession sees some of the highest rates of musculo-skeletal injuries. A muscular-skeletal injury might disrupt a nurse’s career. There are many nurses who love direct patient care but have been forced to either leave nursing or leave the type of nursing they enjoy because of injury. Many injuries can be avoided by the conscious use of proper body mechanics when performing physical labour. Quantitative descriptive survey study approach and non-experimental research design was used. Total 60 staff nurse working in hospital were selected by purposive sampling technique. Data collection by structured knowledge questionnaire and analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.Total level of knowledge regarding proper body mechanic is poor with mean knowledge score 11.02 ± 4.96 and mean percent 36.72%.The finding is significant between level of knowledge of staff nurses regarding proper body mechanic and selected demographic variables are age (7.178).The knowledge score of staff nurses according to the different aspects of the proper body mechanic have been poor in all the aspects of the proper body mechanic

Key words: Knowledge, Staff nurse, body mechanic, Sims