Erhältlich:
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Buch (Softcover): Fachbuch
Occupational Health Nursing Manual
A Practical Guide to Worker Assessment, Hazard Control, Health Surveillance, Emergency Response, and Wellness Promotion
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36536970
EAN: 9798190080810
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Do, 08.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
-2.4 %
CHF 210.–
CHF 205.–
Beschreibung
Build safer workplaces, strengthen employee health programs, and respond confidently to occupational risks. Occupational Health Nursing Manual is a practical, professionally organized guide for nurses who protect worker health across industrial, clinical, corporate, construction, public-service, and community settings. It connects bedside judgment with worksite realities, helping readers assess hazards, recognize exposure patterns, coordinate urgent care, support recovery, and improve prevention systems. The manual begins with the foundations of occupational health nursing and progresses through worksite assessment, workforce health profiling, hazard recognition, focused worker evaluation, medical screening, and health surveillance. Clear explanations show how to translate job tasks, exposure routes, symptoms, examination findings, and functional demands into appropriate nursing actions. Readers will learn how to apply the hierarchy of controls, evaluate personal protective equipment, monitor exposure-control measures, and identify situations requiring immediate escalation. Dedicated chapters address occupational injuries, emergency preparedness, ergonomics, musculoskeletal health, respiratory and skin hazards, hearing conservation, visual safety, chemical and biological exposures, radiation, heat, cold, vibration, fatigue, psychosocial risk, workplace violence, infection prevention, immunization, communicable disease, chronic disease support, and return-to-work planning. The book also explores the leadership responsibilities required to sustain a reliable occupational health service. Practical guidance covers documentation, confidentiality, ethical decision-making, legal readiness, quality improvement, program evaluation, vendor oversight, competency development, and communication with workers, supervisors, clinicians, and organizational leaders. Inside, readers will find:. Structured assessment and response protocols. Red-flag findings and escalation guidance. Practical documentation and communication points. Case studies with applied clinical reasoning. Competency checklists for skills development. Review questions with answers and rationales. Adaptable workplace forms and checklists. An extensive glossary of occupational health terminology. Written for occupational health nurses, nursing students, clinic teams, safety professionals, employee-health personnel, and healthcare leaders, this manual supports both learning and day-to-day practice. Its systems-based approach emphasizes prevention, worker dignity, sound clinical judgment, coordinated follow-up, and continuous improvement. Whether you are preparing for a new occupational health role, strengthening an existing program, supporting injured employees, or building safer work processes, Occupational Health Nursing Manual. provides a dependable framework for protecting health at work.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- James Bills
- Kelvin Patts
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 368