Job safety for nurses

**** This is a guest post by Kathryn Norcutt.  She has been an active member of the health care community for over 20 years.  During her time as a nurse, she has helped people from all walks of life and ages.  Now, Kathryn leads a much less hectic life and devotes most of her free time to writing for RN Network, a site specializing in travel nurse jobs. It’s no secret that nurses of all types are worked to the bone. With the combination of long hours and a shortage of medical practitioners as well as a seemingly endless supply of patients, nurses have their work cut out for them. For anyone on the outside of the industry, it may seem that nursing is more about giving shots and administering medication than it is about (literally) backbreaking work. The reality is that nurses have a lot of duties that involve repetitive motions, long hours on their feet, and all types of heavy lifting.  The nursing injury cheat sheet. (According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent reports on workplace injuries in the US) ●     Nurses are 48% more likely to have wrist, back, and/or ankle sprains or strains on the job, compared to ALL other occupations ●     60% more likely to report chronic soreness and pain, especially in feet and lower back ●     Cases of overexertion are reported over 139% more often than in any other profession in the US ●     53% of all injuries while nursing were reported to be due to overexertion ●     Nurses and related ...
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