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| Name: |
Occupational Health Nurse |
| Description: |
Occupational health nursing combines concepts of public health and nursing theory in an orientation toward primary prevention or keeping healthy workers healthy and includes managing workers’ compensation records, assisting in meeting the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), conducting environmental surveillance for health hazards, providing direct nursing care to employees, promoting health education, and counseling employees. |
| Practice setting: |
Businesses and industrial sites, including inpatient and outpatient healthcare facilities |
| Client age group: |
Adults |
| Diagnoses: |
Hypertension, musculoskeletal injuries, back or neck pain, and minor trauma, such as lacerations and contusions |
| Practice
roles: |
Clinical — staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, nurse
practitioner
Nurse case manager
Management — nurse manager, supervisor, coordinator
Research nurse |
| Characteristics: |
Autonomy and independence, patient care and relationships, innovative thinking, regular and predicable hours, variety of duties |
| Challenges: |
Paperwork, bureaucratic concerns |
| Desirable skills: |
Medical/surgical (assessment, wound care, first aid), independence, assertiveness, communication, adult health and educational concepts, people skills |
| Education: |
RN with AD, Diploma, or BSN (preferred) |
| Employers: |
Businesses, such as factories, mills, corporate offices, department stores, shopping malls, hospitals, and other large employers |
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