The illustrated guide to safe patient handling and movement / Audrey L. Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Kathleen Motacki, MSN, RN, BC, Nancy Nivison Menzel, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, COHN-S, CNE, FAAOHN.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Common patient-transfer tasks (across multiple settings) / Nancy N. Menzel, MaryLou Muir, and Simon Wells -- Bariatric patient-handling tasks / Mary Lou Muir -- Medical-surgical nursing / Laurette Wright and Elly Waaijer -- Critical care / Andrea Baptiste and Patricia Mechan -- Orthopaedics / Carol A. Sedlak and Margaret O'Bryan Doheny -- Pediatrics / Kathleen Motacki -- Labor and delivery / Laura Murphy, Jennifer Giordano, and Kathleen Motacki -- Patient-handling tasks in rehabilitation / Karen Manning -- Nursing home / Linn Steer and Laurette Wright.

This is a practical guide to the history, rationale, and fundamentals of safe patient handling and movement (SPHM). It includes nursing care plans, algorithms for decision making in specific lifting and movement situations, the history of 'body mechanics', risk assessment, and the position statements and regulatory guidelines from OSHA, NIOSH, and ANA.