A 500-pound mannequin portraying an obese patient has been added to the University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing simulation lab. The mannequin will train nursing students to avoid injuries when lifting and transferring heavy patients. Workers who experience more injuries and illnesses on the job than nurses are truck drivers and movers, according to federal data.
MU Program Teaches Safety First to Future Nurses
St. Louis Today, Blythe Bernhard, 12/08/2011
A 500-pound mannequin portraying an obese patient has been added to the University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing simulation lab. The mannequin will train nursing students to avoid injuries when lifting and transferring heavy patients. Workers who experience more injuries and illnesses on the job than nurses are truck drivers and movers, according to federal data.
A 500-pound mannequin portraying an obese patient has been added to the University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing simulation lab. The mannequin will train nursing students to avoid injuries when lifting and transferring heavy patients. Workers who experience more injuries and illnesses on the job than nurses are truck drivers and movers, according to federal data.
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