Can’t describe a highly complex and dynamic process, such as the core of occupational health nursing activity or task. Occupational health nurses (smaller companies) constantly learn new skills, to adapt to the current practice to meet the new requirements and the development of new methods to solve the problem, so they practice is not static, but constantly improve based on the core skills.
however, in the limit can describe the core in the field of occupational health nurses use knowledge and ability. The following list is not exhaustive, but to the ability of a wide range of occupational health nurses in practice demonstration. Clinical doctors
primary prevention smaller companies proficient in the primary prevention of injury or disease. Nurses can recognize the necessity of evaluation and planning interventions, such as modifying the working environment, system job or change the way to reduce harmful exposure risk. Occupational health nurses skilled in consideration, human behavior and habits, etc. With the actual working practice. Nurses can also in the work of the recognition, concepts, and correction factors, the selection of personal protective equipment, prevent injury and illness, and provide advice on environmental protection matters. Because of the occupational health nurse closely related workers, and the working environment of knowledge and experience, they are in a good position to identify the change of the way early work, identify the worker health and safety concerns, and by demonstrating the independent and objective way management can change the catalyst in the workplace, result in primary prevention.
emergency care smaller companies is a registered nurse, and a lot of clinical experience and expertise in dealing with a sick or injured person. Nurse, such tariffs form part of the work, provide the initial emergency care workers injured at work before the injured workers moved to the hospital or the emergency services. Dangerous situation in many cases, there is work, or work place is far away from other health care facilities, this role will form an important part of occupational health nurses’ work. Occupational health nurse is engaged in mining, oil drilling platform, in desert area or areas of the health care system is not yet fully developed will be familiar with all kinds of emergency care techniques and may have developed additional skills in order to fulfill this role. For others, working under the condition of the emergency services in hand, they may only provide an additional level of support emergency personnel beyond that provided by the industry. Nursing diagnosis.