Occupational health nursing (OHN) combines nursing, public health, occupational safety, and health promotion to protect workers. This lesson introduces the specialty, its historical development, and why it remains important.
Occupational and environmental health nursing focuses on preventive health care, health promotion, and health restoration in work environments. OHNs help workers make informed health decisions, advocate for equitable and quality care, and promote healthy environments at work and in the surrounding community.
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Occupational and environmental health nursing
A nursing specialty that combines worker safety and health protection with health promotion and responses to workplace illness and injury.
Total Worker Health®
An approach integrating work-related safety and health protection with efforts to prevent illness and injury and support worker well-being.
Ergonomics
The practice of designing work, equipment, and environments to fit workers and reduce discomfort and injury.
Case management in occupational health nursing
Coordination of care and resources for ill or injured workers, including planning for a safe return to work.
Root cause analysis
A process for identifying and addressing underlying system or program weaknesses that contribute to an incident.
Quiz questions
What does Total Worker Health® integrate?Answer: Work-related safety and health protection with prevention and worker well-being efforts.
Which statement distinguishes OSHA from NIOSH?Answer: OSHA develops and enforces standards; NIOSH conducts research and makes recommendations.
What is the purpose of root cause analysis after a workplace incident?Answer: To identify and address underlying factors that contributed to the incident.
Why should workplace near misses be investigated?Answer: They can reveal hazards and conditions that may cause harm in a future event.
What is the main aim of ergonomics in workplace design?Answer: To fit work and equipment to workers, improving comfort and reducing injury risk.
Based on Population Health for Nurses by Jessica Ochs, Sherry L. Roper, Susan M. Schwartz (OpenStax), licensed CC BY 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.