Manual Handling for Nursing Students and Nurses

Do you need to complete a manual handling course prior to clinical placement?

 

Safe Actions offers a manual handling course for nurses and nursing student to meet their clinical placement requirements. 

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The Manual Handling / Manual Tasks for  Nursing Students and Nurses short course covers:

• Theory on Work Health and Safety, Risk Management, Codes of Practice Managing Work Health and Safety Risks and Hazardous  Manual Tasks and common equipment controls

• Sitting to standing

• Rolling

• Slide sheet for bed moves

• Sling insertion

• Hoisting bed to chair
   

In this 3 hour course, nursing students are coached in self protective behaviours, common nursing tasks and the use of equipment to reduce the risk or effort.

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This course is ideal for meeting the requirements of manual handling training prior to clinical placement. 

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​Course certificate is accepted at Notre Dame University School of Nursing and ECU Joondalup.

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Dates are posted on the website for courses in Feb/ March and July/ August. Courses are conducted at the SafeActions office in Bayswater.