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Low Back Pain In Student Nurses: Literature Review And Prospective Cohort Study, Nancy Menzel, Du Feng, Jessica Doolen
Low Back Pain In Student Nurses: Literature Review And Prospective Cohort Study, Nancy Menzel, Du Feng, Jessica Doolen
Nursing Faculty Publications
There is consensus that registered nurses worldwide have a high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, particularly of the back. Patient handling activities such as lifting present the highest risk of injury, activities that begin in nursing school. A literature review identified 21 studies of back pain in nursing students, indicating a wide range of prevalence rates. A prospective cohort study of nursing students in a United States baccalaureate program followed 119 students who completed the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire upon beginning the 16 month upper division major and then a year later. There was no statistically significant change in low back …