Nursing & Healthcare Manual Handling Guides
The same course for nurses and healthcare workers wherever you work — eight modules, a 20-question assessment and a Certificate of Completion for A$49. These pages answer the questions people ask before they start, with the regulator guidance each answer rests on.
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Straight answers, with the regulator guidance they rest on linked at the end of each.
- No-lift policy explainedA no-lift or minimal-lift policy means staff do not manually lift a patient's weight. Patients who can move are assisted to; equipment moves everyone else.
- Is training mandatory in hospitals?Yes in practice. WHS law requires hospitals to train staff for hazardous manual tasks, and health services make patient handling a mandatory annual competency.
- Slide sheets and lateral transfersSlide sheets replace friction with a low-friction surface so two or more staff move a patient without lifting. How bed moves and lateral transfers are done.
- Bariatric patient handlingBariatric care is planned before the patient arrives: every equipment rating checked, specialist beds and hoists sourced, staffing set and dignity protected.
- Nursing students on placementNursing students need their university's manual handling module, the placement facility's induction and ward supervision. An online course prepares you.
- Manual handling as CPDIt can, if it is relevant to your practice and you record it with a reflection, because NMBA CPD is self-directed. This course is not an endorsed CPD activity.