Occupational and environmental health nursing is the specialty practice that provides for and delivers health and safety programs and services to workers, worker populations and community groups. The practice focuses on promotion and restoration of health, prevention of illness and injury, and protection from work-related and environmental hazards. Occupational and environmental health nurses (OHNs) have a combined knowledge of health and business that they blend with healthcare expertise to balance the requirement for a safe and healthful work environment with a healthy bottom line.
As the primary professional association for the largest group of healthcare professionals serving the workplace, the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) has conducted a series of interviews with members who have explored the perimeters of the occupational health nursing field. Interviews with the following occupational health nurses appear online at aaohn.org:
Deborah Fell-Carlson, MSPH, RN, COHN-S, HEM, FAAOHN
Diana Haines, RN, COHN-S, CM
Patricia Bertsche, PhD, RN, FAAOHN By sharing these nurses' career journeys, AAOHN aims to raise awareness of the occupational health nursing specialty and encourage nurses as they explore different career paths. Read career profile interviews and get more information at aaohn.org...
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