Nursing employees have historically been taught to use “proper body mechanics” to safely lift and move patients, but researchers concluded there is no safe way to manually complete the task, according ...

A hospital stay is often needed when dealing with a medical problem or healing from surgery. During a stay, doctors now recommend doing some kind of physical activity or movement each day. In 2019, ...

A growing network of trained caregivers is transforming how patient movement happens across units and clinics On a day last fall, caregivers from across Duke University Hospital walked into a campus ...

People with spinal cord injuries often lose movement even though their brains still send the right signals. Researchers ...

Emergency departments are often viewed as stressful, chaotic environments where for clinicians, there never seems to be enough time, and for patients, time seems to drag on. Many hospitals are ...

Intrahospital transport (IHT) of critically ill patients is recognised as an essential yet high‐risk component of modern healthcare. Moving patients from the intensive care unit to specialised ...