Essentials for Occupational Health Nursing

Essentials for Occupational Health Nursing
Author: Arlene Guzik
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2013-02-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118517679

The scope of occupational health nursing practice has expanded and taken on a variety of roles, giving rise to opportunities for nurses to care for workers in various workplace settings. Essentials for Occupational Health Nursing provides a highly practical and accessible guide for nurses entering or already engaged in this important field. The text begins with the foundations for occupational health practice, covering the domain of occupational health and the role of the many professionals within the specialty. Subsequent chapters address program development, professional development, workplace regulatory requirements, workplace injury management and managing health and productivity. Case studies pertaining to fitness for duty and medical monitoring provide real-life scenarios to aid in learning. This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from iTunes, Google Play or the MedHand Store.

Occupational Health Nursing

Occupational Health Nursing
Author: Katie Oakley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0470988169

Occupational Health is the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations by preventing departures from health, controlling risks and the adaptation of work to people, and people to their jobs. Occupational Health Nursing has now become a major reference text on occupational health nursing courses. It is the only book on the market written entirely by occupational health nurses for nurses. This 3rd edition brings the book up to date with new legislation, guidance and developments. This book can be used for quick reference purposes or as a resource for more detailed research and projects. Each chapter stands alone and authors have been chosen for their particular expertise in the topic.

Contemporary Occupational Health Nursing

Contemporary Occupational Health Nursing
Author: Greta Thornbory
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2013-11-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1135904316

Written by and on behalf of the Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (AOHNP). This textbook provides a practical guide for those training as, or practising within, occupational health nursing. Concerned with the health of the people at work and the effects of work on health and health on work, this distinctive branch of public health nursing requires specific knowledge and skills. Contemporary Occupational Health Nursing includes chapters on: Public Health, Leadership, Health Promotion and Protection, Health Surveillance, Health Assessment, Case Management and Rehabilitation, Mental Health, Management of Occupational Health Services, Epidemiology and Research and Quality Assurance and Auditing. Discussion of ethical issues is woven throughout and each chapter is written by an experienced occupational health practitioner and includes features such as case studies, activities, learning outcomes, and chapter summaries. This book is designed as a text for those undertaking specialist community public health nursing qualifications and as an important resource for all nurses new to occupational health practice.

Occupational Health Nursing Care Guidelines

Occupational Health Nursing Care Guidelines
Author: Debra Daly-Gawenda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Industrial nursing
ISBN: 9780826193506

Written by a multidisciplinary team of nurses and physicians, this comprehensive reference contains succinct overviews of 300 medical and mental health problems commonly seen in the work setting, including conditions such as trauma, burns, alcoholism, and back pain, as well as prevention and screening protocols for diseases such as breast cancer and hypertension. Each entry includes a definition, causes and/or contributing factors, signs and symptoms, generally accepted treatment, and guidelines for consultation or referral and follow-up. Entries are arranged alphabetically as well as amply cross-referenced. Appendixes include 23 sample health education handouts. An important resource for practicing occupational health nurses and students, as well as physicians, workers' compensation coordinators, paramedics, and safety officers.

Occupational Health Services

Occupational Health Services
Author: Tee L. Guidotti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2013
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0415502810

Workers and their families, employers, and society as a whole benefit when providers deliver the best quality of care to injured workers and when they know how to provide effective services for both prevention and fitness for duty and understand why, instead of just following regulations. Designed for professionals who deliver, manage, and hold oversight responsibility for occupational health in an organization or in the community, Occupational Health Services guides the busy practitioner and clinic manager in setting up, running, and improving healthcare services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and occupational management of work-related health issues. The text covers: an overview of occupational health care in the US and Canada: how it is organized, who pays for what, how it is regulated, and how workers' compensation works how occupational health services are managed in practice, whether within a company, as a global network, in a hospital or medical group practice, as a free-standing clinic, or following other models management of core services, including recordkeeping, marketing, service delivery options, staff recruitment and evaluation, and program evaluation depth and detail on specific services, including clinical service delivery for injured workers, periodic health surveillance, impairment assessment, fitness for duty, alcohol and drug testing, employee assistance, mental health, health promotion, emergency management, global health management, and medico-legal services. This highly focused and relevant combined handbook and textbook is aimed at improving the provision of care and health protection for workers and will be of use to both managers and health practitioners from a range of backgrounds, including but not limited to medicine, nursing, health services administration, and physical therapy.

Safe Work in the 21st Century

Safe Work in the 21st Century
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2000-09-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309070260

Despite many advances, 20 American workers die each day as a result of occupational injuries. And occupational safety and health (OSH) is becoming even more complex as workers move away from the long-term, fixed-site, employer relationship. This book looks at worker safety in the changing workplace and the challenge of ensuring a supply of top-notch OSH professionals. Recommendations are addressed to federal and state agencies, OSH organizations, educational institutions, employers, unions, and other stakeholders. The committee reviews trends in workforce demographics, the nature of work in the information age, globalization of work, and the revolution in health care deliveryâ€"exploring the implications for OSH education and training in the decade ahead. The core professions of OSH (occupational safety, industrial hygiene, and occupational medicine and nursing) and key related roles (employee assistance professional, ergonomist, and occupational health psychologist) are profiled-how many people are in the field, where they work, and what they do. The book reviews in detail the education, training, and education grants available to OSH professionals from public and private sources.

Core Curriculum for Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing

Core Curriculum for Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
Author: Mary K. Salazar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2011-12-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9780984886104

A comprehensive overview of occupational and environmental health nursing, this new edition represents the most current core knowledge on the many dimensions of occupational and environmental health nursing practice today. Written by experts in the field, this guide is based on recent revisions to AAOHN's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. It is useful as a basic orientation to this specialty, as a study tool when preparing for certification, and as a clinical reference, regardless of your setting. An outline format makes information easy to find and easy to follow!

Public Health Nursing

Public Health Nursing
Author: Greta Thornbory
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2013-05-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118699467

Public Health Nursing is an essential resource for all health visiting students, school nursing students, and occupational health nursing students, that reflects the current key changes in community public health nursing. It is a key textbook for specialist practitioner programmes, and those new to the public health arena. Written by relevant experts in the field, this practical textbook uniquely explores the three main specialties of Public Health Nursing: Health Visiting, School Nursing and Occupational Health Nursing. A particular strength of the book is the way it shows the diversity of each discipline and how they each address Public Health in vastly different ways according to the needs of their relevant population. This will be essential reading for all students on the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) programmes offered across the UK. Key features: Focuses on the specialist community public health nursing part of the NMC register Multidisciplinary, with contributors from all three specialisms Concerned with improving the health of the population, rather than treating the diseases of individual patients Focuses on practice and competencies

Occupational Health

Occupational Health
Author: Jenny Acutt
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2004-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780702156991

This book has been designed to meet the needs of anyone working in this field, but particularly those completing the occupational health component of a basic health care programme or those pursuing a career in Occupational Health Nursing.