Processes and Outcomes of the Veterans Health Administration Safe Patient Handling Program: Study Protocol

Deborah Rugs   ¹ , PhD ;   Peter Toyinbo   ¹ , MBChB, PhD ;   Nitin Patel   ¹ , MPH ;   Gail Powell-Cope   ¹ , PhD, ARNP, FAAN ;   Bridget Hahm   ¹ , MA, MPH ;   Christine Elnitsky   ^{1, 2} , PhD, RN ;   Karen Besterman-Dahan   ¹ , PhD ;   Robert Campbell   ¹ , JD, MPH, PhD ;   Bryce Sutton   ¹ , PhD

¹ United States Veterans Health Administration, Center of Innovation on Disability & Rehabilitation Research, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL, United States

² School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States