In 2015, about five of every 1,000 registered nurses in the United States missed work due to injury, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Back injuries in particular are the scourge of the nursing profession.
“I think in every job there are hidden risks,” Paige Cummings, director of the Athens Nurses Clinic, said to Georgia Health News. These are perils “that people in that area are very aware of and people on the outside may not be.”
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