Journal Topic and Instruction:
The topic that we are going to write about in our journal is : Body Mechanics and Lifting, Moving and Transferring Skills. These are one of the nursing assistant skills that we need to learn.
Here’s the instruction from our nursing assistant online class teacher. . .
Think about, then write about any of the following, or choose your own comments related to these skills.
• Think about why these skills are especially important for you.
• How will you benefit from using these skills?
• What is the most challenging part of learning these skills for you?
• Why is it so important that a nursing assistant learn and use good lifting, moving and transferring skills?
Journal Entry: Proper Body Mechanics
Here’s my thoughts for my journal. . .
Since I was in high school I had learned in our health class not to bend our waist to avoid back injury.
That’s 40-some years ago and still every now and then I keep on forgetting not to bend my knees when I reach for something down from the floor. And also I had twisted my body many, many times which had brought pains in my back.
Every time I hurt my back the chiropractor makes money.
Last month I went twice for a chiropractor fix. It used to be that it only took 1 chiropractor crack to heal my back. I guess this means I am getting old, and it is going to take some time for my body to get healed.
Even though I had already experienced many back injuries, I still struggle in remembering not to bend my waist and twist my body.
Now, I am going to be a Nursing Assistant (NA), so I need to put it into practice and make it part of my daily lifestyle to use proper body mechanics.
The NA’s job also involves a lot of bending the back for moving, lifting, and transferring the patients or residents in health care facilities.
Using proper body mechanics will give us stability and keep me safe, as well as the patients or residents.
