Ricardo is a nurse at a hospital who is new to the cancer department. Ricardo has never used the machine to give out chemotherapy drugs before, so he reads the instructions on the machine and reviews a brochure about chemotherapy
drugs. What else does Ricardo need to do before he can administer the drugs?
show the hospital his nursing certification
ask patients if he can try using the machine for the first time on them
be trained on how to use the machine
talk to other nurses about how to use the machine

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It starts with commitment. the health and safety policy is the commitment by the employer to provide and maintain a safe workplace. the commitment of the workforce is also a necessary component.when the workplace parties sit down to develop an ergonomic approach to patient handling, they will develop terms of reference that set forth how the health and safety committee will function in approaching this problem and reach its goal of reduced injuries.in general, a safe patient handling program will involve the following steps: management approval and commitment to develop and implement a patient handling program.perform a needs analysis.create and standardize patient assessment criteria.develop decision trees to standardize actions.determine which controls are needed to implement specific tasks or patient needs.institute a "no-lift" policy, where possible.