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  • Title: Changing manual-handling practice in a stroke rehabilitation unit.
    Author: Mutch K.
    Journal: Prof Nurse; 2004 Mar; 19(7):374-8. PubMed ID: 15027402.
    Abstract:
    Patients who have had a stroke are often unable to support their full weight when moving. Recent guidelines on patient handling stress the risk of injury to nurses' backs if they lift patients or support their body weight. Nurses in one stroke rehabilitation unit who used a 'pivot' transfer had to reconsider their practice and explore other options for moving patients.
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