Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-10-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110927-03
Cynthia Gonzalez
{"title":"Protecting pregnant health care workers from occupational hazards.","authors":"Cynthia Gonzalez","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110927-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110927-03","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The safety of pregnant health care workers and their infants is paramount. The scope and variety of hazards within the health care field is profound and diverse. The occupational health nurse can identify early risks and correct them, as well as provide ongoing surveillance, counseling, and prudent policy recommendations for the multitude of hazards to which pregnant health care workers are exposed. Policy must reflect the real risks taken by these workers every day they go to work, and how those risks will affect them, their immediate families, and future generations.</p>","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":"59 10","pages":"417-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30187634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-10-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110927-05
{"title":"Focus on the aging worker.","authors":"","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110927-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110927-05","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses select characteristics of the aging work force, health-related issues that can impact work produc tivity, and strategies and resources that can foster a more productive work environment. The older work force is vital to the future of the U.S. economy. Employers should recognize the value of older workers. Occupational health nurses can assist older workers in maintaining and optimizing their health.","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":" ","pages":"458"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40288912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-10-01Epub Date: 2011-09-23DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110916-02
Esma Gunay, Ayse Beser
{"title":"Sociodemographic characteristics of women who engage in early breast cancer diagnostic behaviors: the case of Turkish women working in a textile factory.","authors":"Esma Gunay, Ayse Beser","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110916-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110916-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to assess behaviors and health beliefs concerning early diagnosis of breast cancer among women working in a textile factory in Turkey. The data were collected with tools designed by the researchers. The study population consisted of 167 women working in a textile factory in Izmir, Turkey. According to their responses, 23.4% of the women performed breast self-examinations and 12.6% received clinical breast examinations. Results indicated that 91.6% of the women had no education about breast cancer. Early methods of detecting breast cancer should be included in workplace education programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":"59 10","pages":"421-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30157427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110825-02
Julie A Ward, Randal D Beaton, Annie M Bruck, A B de Castro
{"title":"Promoting occupational health nursing training: an educational outreach with a blended model of distance and traditional learning approaches.","authors":"Julie A Ward, Randal D Beaton, Annie M Bruck, A B de Castro","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110825-02","DOIUrl":"10.3928/08910162-20110825-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2009, occupational health nursing faculty and professionals at the University of Washington developed an innovative continuing nursing education offering, the OHN Institute. The OHN Institute was designed to meet the following objectives: (1) extend basic occupational health nursing training to non-occupational health nurses in Federal Region X, (2) target new occupational health nurses or those who possessed little or no advanced education in occupational health nursing, and (3) offer a hybrid continuing nursing education program consisting of on-site and distance learning modalities. Evaluation findings suggested that the various continuing nursing education modalities and formats (e.g., asynchronous vs. synchronous, online modules vs. live modules) were essentially comparable in terms of effectiveness. Perhaps most importantly, the OHN Institute evaluation demonstrated that quality continuing nursing education outcomes for occupational health nurses depended largely on knowledgeable and engaging faculty and a compelling vision of desired outcomes, including the application of learned content to professional practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":"59 9","pages":"401-6; quiz 407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291471/pdf/nihms-355570.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29963346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110825-04
Cynthia Gonzalez
{"title":"Occupational reproductive health and pregnancy hazards confronting health care workers.","authors":"Cynthia Gonzalez","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110825-04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110825-04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":"59 9","pages":"373-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30108285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110825-01
Sharon J Tucker, Lorraine M Lanningham-Foster, Justyne N Murphy, Warren G Thompson, Audrey J Weymiller, Christine Lohse, James A Levine
{"title":"Effects of a worksite physical activity intervention for hospital nurses who are working mothers.","authors":"Sharon J Tucker, Lorraine M Lanningham-Foster, Justyne N Murphy, Warren G Thompson, Audrey J Weymiller, Christine Lohse, James A Levine","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110825-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110825-01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hospital nurses who are working mothers are challenged to maintain their personal health and model healthy behaviors for their children. This study aimed to develop and test an innovative 10-week worksite physical activity intervention integrated into the work flow of hospital-based nurses who were mothers. Three volunteer adult medical-surgical nursing units participated as intervention units. Fifty-eight nurses (30 intervention and 28 control) provided baseline and post-intervention repeated measurements of physical activity (steps) and body composition. Intervention participants provided post-intervention focus group feedback. For both groups, daily steps averaged more than 12,400 at baseline and post-intervention. No significant effects were found for physical activity; significant effects were found for fat mass, fat index, and percent fat (p < .03). Focus group findings supported the intervention and other data collected. The worksite holds promise for targeting the health of working mothers. Future research is warranted with a larger sample, longer intervention, and additional measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":"59 9","pages":"377-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29963344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110825-06
{"title":"Promoting occupational health nursing training: an educational outreach with a blended model of distance and traditional learning approaches.","authors":"","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110825-06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110825-06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":" ","pages":"407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40288911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110825-03
Susan A Randolph, Bonnie Rogers, Judith S Ostendorf
{"title":"Evaluation of an occupational health nursing program through competency achievement: on-campus and distance education, 2005 and 2008.","authors":"Susan A Randolph, Bonnie Rogers, Judith S Ostendorf","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110825-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110825-03","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2005 and 2008 to evaluate self-reported competency achievement by occupational health nursing program graduates. Twelve competencies were evaluated at three levels: competent, proficient, and expert. In 2005, most graduates believed they were at the proficient level in 10 of the 12 competencies, with three competencies approaching the expert level. In 2008, all graduates rated their competency achievement at the proficient level for all 12 competencies, with nine competencies approaching the expert level. Graduates entering the program with experience had higher competency scores compared to those without experience. Distance education learners had higher competency scores compared to on-campus graduates. From 2005 to 2008, reported competency achievement increased in all areas except research, which was only marginally reduced by a 0.1 score. Based on competency findings, curriculum and course assignments related to leadership role, policy development, professional development, and research were modified.</p>","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":"59 9","pages":"387-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29963345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110825-05
Stephanie Chalupka
{"title":"Trenching and excavation-preventing workplace fatalities.","authors":"Stephanie Chalupka","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110825-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110825-05","url":null,"abstract":"Engineering controls, protective equipment, and safe work practices can minimize risk from cave-ins during trenching and excavation activities.","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":"59 9","pages":"408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29963347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaohn JournalPub Date : 2011-08-01DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110726-02
Ashley L Schoenfisch, Hester J Lipscomb, Douglas J Myers, Ethan Fricklas, Tamara James
{"title":"A lift assist team in an acute care hospital-prevention of injury or transfer of risk during patient-handling tasks?","authors":"Ashley L Schoenfisch, Hester J Lipscomb, Douglas J Myers, Ethan Fricklas, Tamara James","doi":"10.3928/08910162-20110726-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110726-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A Lift Assist Team (LAT) was created on three units at a medical center where nursing staff were at high risk for patient-handling injuries. LAT members were drawn from the hospital's pool of patient transporters. Using qualitative and quantitative data, this case study summarizes the development, implementation, and experiences of the LAT. Nursing staff valued the LAT, reporting increased staff safety and improved patient care. LAT members reported greater job satisfaction and a newfound sense of assimilation into the nursing group compared to when their role was patient transport only. However, over time, their job responsibilities expanded beyond those officially designated for LAT members. Active, ongoing surveillance of the LAT's exposures and outcomes is warranted to understand whether patient-handling injury risk is shifting from nursing personnel to LAT members.</p>","PeriodicalId":49301,"journal":{"name":"Aaohn Journal","volume":"59 8","pages":"329-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30042497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}