Occupational health nursing provides health and safety programs, services to workers, worker populations, and community groups. They focuses on advancements, maintenance and recovery of health, prevention of illness and injury, with protection from work related and environmental hazards. Occupational health nurses combines knowledge of health and business to balance safe and healthy work environments.
It analyse and evaluates the health status of employees and perform to maintain the highest level of well-being of the workforce. The main components of occupational health nursing involves prevention of disease and injury in the workplace, health and wellness, protection, and education. Nurses in occupational health also implement research projects and incorporate evidence based practice into clinical practice.
Title : The power of presence: Investing in LVNs for lasting impact
Emma Gitomer, Houston Methodist Hospital, United States
Title : Reaching our residents: An interdisciplinary approach to educating our future providers in the art of telephone triage
Cori Brown, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, United States
Title : Turn the heat around: Quality improvement in malignant hyperthermia response through in-situ simulation
Ayumi S Fielden, Houston Methodist Hospital, United States
Title : PTSD and tools for nursing resilience
Renee Bauer, Indiana State University, United States
Title : Birth partnerships: Enhancing nursing care with doula support
Vera Kevic, Doulas on Bikes, Canada
Title : Shift strong: A proactive stress-physiology framework for early identification of nurse distress
Laura Hall, Colorado Mesa University, United States