Reasonable accommodations Re: Patient transfers/getting people walking

I limp a little when I walk. I shouldn't be trusted to support an unsteady person while walking. I could help a person up with my left hand, but it's painful when the right one is squeezed too hard and I want to avoid that. I ran into this the other week when a strong male patient with dementia squeezed my right hand really hard and it really hurt. Is getting someone else to help me with getting patients out of bed or to walk people considered to be a reasonable accommodation? I don't... Read more
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