EVALUACIÓN DE RIESGO ERGONÓMICO POR MANIPULACIÓN DE PACIENTES EN LICENCIADOS Y AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERIA DEL ÁREA DE CUIDADOS INTENSIVOS EN UN HOSPITAL PÚBLICO DE LA PROVINCIA DE LOS RÍOS ENTRE EL AÑO 2018 - 2019

Abstract

The manual manipulation of critical patients in the intensive care unit is the most stressful part of nursing work due to both the condition of the patients and the biomechanical principles on which their work is based. This activity has been identified for a long time as the main factor that contributes to the high incidence of musculoskeletal disorders among nursing staff. The main objective of this study is to assess the level of ergonomic risk due to the manipulation of patients by bachelors and nursing assistants who work in the intensive care area of a public hospital in the Province of Los Ríos. For this study, a total of 16 workers were considered in the positions of licensed and auxiliary nurses. The information was obtained through direct observation of the target population, through photographs and the application of the Kuorinka Nordic questionnaire, which showed that the regions with greater pain were dorsal / lumbar in 75% and neck 43.8%, and of the MAPO method that established a index of 2.062, which indicates that workers have an average ergonomic level of irrigation. Therefore, it is concluded that there is a direct relationship between skeletal muscle symptoms in the dorsal / lumbar region of nursing graduates and assistants and the average level of ergonomic irrigation for handling critical patients in the Intensive Care Unit.