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Families, coworkers, employers, and health care providers play a role in the reintegration of returning veterans.
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Occupational Health Nursing/organization & administration , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/prevention & control , Veterans/psychology , Adaptation, Psychological , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Information Services , Internet , Mental Health Services/organization & administration , Occupational Health Services/organization & administration , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology , United States/epidemiology , Veterans/statistics & numerical dataSubject(s)
Community-Acquired Infections/prevention & control , Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control , Methicillin Resistance , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Skin Diseases/prevention & control , Staphylococcal Infections/prevention & control , Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology , Community-Acquired Infections/nursing , Humans , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Occupational Diseases/nursing , Occupational Health Nursing , Skin Diseases/epidemiology , Skin Diseases/nursing , Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology , Staphylococcal Infections/nursingSubject(s)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome/prevention & control , Computer Terminals , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Occupational Health Nursing/organization & administration , Carpal Tunnel Syndrome/etiology , Ergonomics , Humans , Nurse's Role , Nursing Assessment , Occupational Diseases/etiology , Patient Education as Topic , Posture , Risk FactorsSubject(s)
Health Education/organization & administration , Occupational Health Nursing/organization & administration , Papillomavirus Infections/prevention & control , Papillomavirus Vaccines , Female , Humans , Nurse's Role , Papillomavirus Infections/complications , Risk Factors , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/prevention & control , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/virology , VaccinationSubject(s)
Occupational Exposure/prevention & control , Occupational Health Nursing/organization & administration , Tobacco Smoke Pollution/prevention & control , Air Pollutants, Occupational/adverse effects , Health Promotion , Humans , Nurse's Role , Occupational Exposure/adverse effects , Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects , United StatesABSTRACT
Rosacea rarely resolves on its own. Occupational health nurses can help employees seek early treatment.
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Rosacea/prevention & control , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Chronic Disease , Dermatologic Agents/therapeutic use , Dicarboxylic Acids/therapeutic use , Humans , Risk Factors , Rosacea/epidemiology , Rosacea/etiology , Self Care/methods , Skin Care/methods , United States/epidemiologySubject(s)
Disasters , Occupational Health Nursing/organization & administration , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic , Humans , Louisiana , Nurse's Role , Risk Factors , Severity of Illness Index , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/etiology , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/therapySubject(s)
Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control , Measles/prevention & control , Nurse's Role , Occupational Health Nursing/organization & administration , Disease Notification , Disease Outbreaks/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Measles/diagnosis , Measles/epidemiology , Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine , United States/epidemiology , VaccinationABSTRACT
As a certifying body for occupational health nurses in the United States and Canada, the American Board for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (ABOHN) must ensure its certification examinations validly reflect current occupational health nurse practice. This report presents information from the ABOHN 2004 practice analysis. The study's primary purpose was to analyze areas of knowledge, skill, and ability for occupational health nurses as reflected by the tasks they perform to guide refinement of ABOHN's certification examinations. A valid and reliable survey instrument, containing demographic and job-related questions and 172 task statements was developed. A total of 5,586 surveys (4,921 Web-based and 665 paper) were made available to occupational health nurses throughout the United States and Canada. The usable response rate was 23.5% (N = 1,223). Decision rules were used to determine which survey tasks were appropriate for inclusion in Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) and Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist (COHN-S) certification examination blueprints. The revised blueprints were used to develop new examinations. Study data also validated the existing ABOHN Case Management (CM) specialty examination blueprint, and verified occupational health nurse roles and responsibilities related to safety programs. Based on analysis of the safety-related items, ABOHN in collaboration with the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, has created a safety management credential (SM) and associated examination that certified occupational health nurses may use to verify their safety role proficiency.
