Hospitals that use SPHM programs save money because they decrease nurse turnover.

Hospitals that use SPHM programs save money because they decrease nurse turnover.

• A. Medication Errors
• B. Nurse Turnover
• C. Patient Satisfaction
• D. Infection Rates

Answer: (B)

Safe Patient Handling and Mobility programs reduce the physical strain of moving patients, which lowers the risk of nurse musculoskeletal injuries. When nurses are injured or feel unsafe at work, turnover tends to rise, and replacing experienced staff is expensive—recruitment, training, overtime, and temporary staffing all add up. By cutting injury risk and improving job satisfaction and retention, SPHM lowers these turnover-related costs, producing savings for hospitals. Other outcomes like medication errors, patient satisfaction, or infection rates can improve as a byproduct, but the main cost-saving mechanism described here is reduced nurse turnover.

Safe Patient Handling and Mobility programs reduce the physical strain of moving patients, which lowers the risk of nurse musculoskeletal injuries. When nurses are injured or feel unsafe at work, turnover tends to rise, and replacing experienced staff is expensive—recruitment, training, overtime, and temporary staffing all add up. By cutting injury risk and improving job satisfaction and retention, SPHM lowers these turnover-related costs, producing savings for hospitals. Other outcomes like medication errors, patient satisfaction, or infection rates can improve as a byproduct, but the main cost-saving mechanism described here is reduced nurse turnover.