{"id":917,"date":"2015-06-23T12:15:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T16:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/?p=917"},"modified":"2015-06-23T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T16:16:26","slug":"safe-patient-handling-conference-coming-to-etown-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2015\/06\/23\/safe-patient-handling-conference-coming-to-etown-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Patient Handling &#8211; Conference coming to Etown this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #339966\">SAVE THE DATE &#8211; November 7, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2015\/06\/Patientlyft-323x374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-919\" src=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2015\/06\/Patientlyft-323x374-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"standing frame with lift for patient transfer or lifting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Safe Patient Handling:\u00a0Maximizing Rehabilitation Outcomes for Clients &amp; Promoting Cultural Change in Health Care Settings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about recent federal guidelines regarding safe patient handling in a variety of health care settings.<\/li>\n<li>Through plenary sessions &amp; hands-on laboratory sessions, learn how to use safe patient handling procedures &amp; equipment to ensure safety &amp; maximize rehabilitation outcomes for clients, while minimizing your own risk for injury.<\/li>\n<li>Develop strategies to implement cultural change in your health care setting that will promote safe patient handling.<\/li>\n<li>Develop &amp; participate in long-term mentoring relationships that will support your efforts to implement a safe patient handling program in your setting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place: Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown PA<\/p>\n<p>Cosponsors: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etown.edu\/depts\/occupational-therapy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabethtown College Dept. of Occupational Therapy<\/a> \u00a0&amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvc.edu\/physical-therapy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lebanon Valley College Dept. of Physical Therapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information, including registration details, will be coming later this summer. \u00a0In the meantime, you can contact <a href=\"mailto:leimbachl@etown.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Linda Leimbach<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAVE THE DATE &#8211; November 7, 2015 Safe Patient Handling:\u00a0Maximizing Rehabilitation Outcomes for Clients &amp; Promoting Cultural Change in Health Care Settings Learn about recent federal guidelines regarding safe patient handling in a variety of health care settings. Through plenary &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2015\/06\/23\/safe-patient-handling-conference-coming-to-etown-this-fall\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Safe Patient Handling &#8211; Conference coming to Etown this fall<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-accomplishments","category-research-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":921,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}