Neck/shoulder and back pain in new graduate nurses: A growth mixture modeling analysis
International Journal of Nursing StudiesPublished 31 August 2013
Malin Lövgren, Petter Gustavsson, Bo Melin, Ann Rudman
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The high prevalence of pain among nursing students and among new graduate nurses, suggests that it would be effective to implement preventive strategies already during nursing education, but they should also preferably continue after graduation.
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The high prevalence of pain among nursing students and among new graduate nurses, suggests that it would be effective to implement preventive strategies already during nursing education, but they should also preferably continue after graduation. Many factors associated with pain in the neck/shoulder and back seem to be modifiable, and thereby constitute targets for preventive strategies.
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