[Answered]: Your ergonomics consulting company receives a…

Your ergonomics consulting company receives a call from the Human Resources Department at the local General Hospital because they are getting several back pain and injury reports from their nursing staff. In fact, at any given time they have as many as 25% of their nursing staff out due to back pain complaints. As a consultant you are asked to come in and assess the workplace. As part of your initial observation you realize that a significant part of the workday involves patient transfers. Briefly identify the assessment tools you could use to assess the patient transfers. Indicate which one you would choose to use and why.