Essentials for Occupational Health Nursing

Preface ix
1 Foundations for Practice 1
2 Professional Issues 15
3 Workers and Workplaces 35
4 Program Development 51
5 Facilities and Resources 73
6 Workplace Regulatory Requirements 97
7 Promoting and Maintaining a Safe Workplace 127
8 Fitness for Duty 153
9 Drug-Free Workplace 171
10 Workplace Injury Management 191
11 Managing Health 219
12 Managing Productivity 239
13 Promoting Health and Well-Being 263
14 Leadership and Change 295
Appendices
1 General Definitions and Terms 309
2 Sample Occupational Health Nurse Job Description 313
3 Sample Agreement for Professional Services 317
4 Sample Practice Guidelines for the Registered
Occupational Health Nurse 325
5 Sample Medical Direction Prescription Release Authorization333
6 Sample Program Development Checklist 335
7 Sample Documentation of Health Services Visits 341
8 Things to Consider 343
9 Sample Mobile Equipment Operator Health Evaluation 347
10 Nationally Notifiable Infectious Conditions 351
11 Sample Safety Policy 355
12 OSHA's Strategic Map for Change and ContinuousImprovement for Safety and Health 357
13 OSHA's Responsibility, Authority, and AccountabilityChecklist 361
14 Common Hazards and Descriptions 363
15 Guide to Recordability of Cases under OSHA 365
16 OSHA Recordable Reference 367
17 Health History Form 369
18 Policy & Procedure 377
19 Sample: Drug-Free Workplace Policy 381
20 Urine Drug Screen Collection Checklist 389
21 Sample Request for Workplace Accommodation 393
22 Notice of Intermittent FMLA Absence 395
23 Sample Fitness for Duty Form 397
24 Sample Wellness Program 399
25 Service Provider Service Delivery Activity Report May 2012403
26 Occupational Health Services Service Delivery EvaluationCriteria 407
27 Professional Resources Related to Occupational Health 409
Index 415