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Back-breaking work? Nurses face extraordinary health risks
Written on:May 19, 2015
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![Chart: Musculoskeletal work injuries by occupation: percentages](http://nursechronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/musculoskeletal_work_injuries21-295x180.png)
NPR conducted an in-depth investigation into the working conditions of nurses, focusing specifically on how nurses suffer a shockingly disproportional number of back injuries. The authors concluded that “nursing employees suffer more debilitating back and other injuries than almost any other occupation — and they get those injuries mainly from doing the everyday tasks of lifting and moving patients”.
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