Occupational and environmental health nursing : concepts and practice / Bonnie Rogers.

Previous ed.: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. WORK and HEALTH: TRENDS and CHALLENGES:-The meaning of work--Changing population and workforce characteristics-Health status of the nation and workforce--Health care costs--Nation\'s health objectives: Occupational safety and health--2. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING:- Occupational health and disease--Occupational Health Nursing-- THE NATURE AND PRACTICE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NURSING:- Practice underpinnings--Occupational and Environmental health nursing--Philosophy--Occupational and environmental health nursing profile and practice settings--4. ROLES OF THE OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NURSE:- Role development--Role definition--Roles--Future directions--5. EPIDEMIOLOGY:- Definitions and historical underpinnings--Epidemiologic concepts--Descriptive Epidemiology--Measures of disease frequency--Epidemiologic methods and analysis--6. DEVELOPING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL:- Systems approach and components--Conceptual approach to occupational health programming--7. USING INTERDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE TO ASSESS WORK AND THE WORK ENVIRONMENT:- Workplace hazards--Occupational medicine--Safety--Ergonomics--Toxicology--Industrial Hygiene--Worksite assessment--8. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH:- Environmental Health Hazards--Trends--Nursing and environmental health--General environmental health competencies in nursing--9. ASSESSING THE ORGANIZATION:- Organizational culture--Cultural assessment in the organization--Power concepts and relationships--10. WORKERS AS CLIENTS: HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND SURVEILLANCE:- Worker placement assessment--Screening, surveillance and monitoring--11. CLINICAL PRACTICE IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NURSING:- Occupational Health nursing guidelines for practice--Counseling and employee assistance--12. CASE MANAGEMENT:- The case management process--Return to work--Case management integration--13. HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH PROTECTION, AND PREVENTION:- Prevention and health--Definitions and models--Health promotion program planning--14. Management concepts and principles and their applications:- Definitions--Management theories--Managerial skills--Managerial functions--Quality measurement--15. LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE:- Occupational safety and health act--Needlestick safety and prevention act--Recordkeeping and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses--Americans with disabilities Act--Family and medical leave Act--Workers\' compensation--Legal practice of nursing--16. RESEARCH IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NURSING:-Why nursing research?--Nursing research evolution and preparation--Advancing occupational and environmental health nursing research--Conducting the research--17. ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE:- Ethical issues and practice--Ethical theories and principles--Ethical decision making--The public\'s view of honesty and ethics in the professions--18. INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH:- Global occupational health--Travel health--Ethical challenges--19. PROFESSIONALISM IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NURSING:- Professional Association--Competency Enhancement in Occupational and environmental health nursing--Mentoring--Advancing the profession, practice, and discipine--Leadership--20. OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NURSING: TOMORROW\'S CHALLENGES:- Health, Health promotion, and work-related health care delivery--Organization of work--Workplace violence--Diversity--Genetics--Continued competency.

This textbook provides a comprehensive framework for occupational and environmental health nursing practice. The text presents an overview of the specialty and explores the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are needed to develop and manage occupational health services and programs.