Research reveals some hospitals are wary of employing nurses who are older, obese or tall, despite a lack of evidence that they suffer more back pain as a result of manual lifting
A REPORT ISSUED last week has challenged preconceptions about back injury among nurses.
Nursing Standard. 11, 33, 14-14. doi: 10.7748/ns.11.33.14.s24
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