Occupational Health Nursing
1st Edition
Published on 17. September 2025
Book
Hardback
174 pages
978-1-041-11543-4 (ISBN)
Description
When this book was originally published in 1980, the speciality of occupational health nursing was only just beginning to be recognised by the nursing profession and the public although nurses had been doing the job for over one hundred years. One of the reasons for this may well have been the lack of nursing literature dealing with the subject. This book, written by tutors of Occupational Health Nursing Certificate Courses and practitioners in industry considers topics and concepts that give the specialism its unique character.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Training, and Undergraduate Advanced
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-041-11543-4 (9781041115434)
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Brenda M. Slaney who died in 2002 devoted her life to nursing and in particular to occupational health (OH) where she was very well known both nationally and internationally. She started her occupational health nursing career in 1947 at the British American Optical Company, which employed 500 people making spectacle frames and lenses. She found industrial nursing, as it was then known, full of challenges as she coped with the injuries caused by working with glass, occupational dermatitis and, as was common in those days, tuberculosis. In 1957 she started at the RCN as tutor in OH nursing and was instrumental
in setting up the day-release courses. She expanded OH training from just the RCN course to 21 centres offering the approved course. This widened the access gate for hundreds of nurses entering the profession. She was closely involved with the WHO, International Labour Organisation and
the International Commission on Occupational Health. A gifted speaker, she presented many papers worldwide. She also set up and taught OH courses in Nigeria, and was involved in the initial discussions about setting up the RCN OH courses in Zambia.
Brenda retired from the RCN as Principal Lecturer in 1984 and was awarded the MBE for her work in OH nursing.
in setting up the day-release courses. She expanded OH training from just the RCN course to 21 centres offering the approved course. This widened the access gate for hundreds of nurses entering the profession. She was closely involved with the WHO, International Labour Organisation and
the International Commission on Occupational Health. A gifted speaker, she presented many papers worldwide. She also set up and taught OH courses in Nigeria, and was involved in the initial discussions about setting up the RCN OH courses in Zambia.
Brenda retired from the RCN as Principal Lecturer in 1984 and was awarded the MBE for her work in OH nursing.
Content
1.Concepts of Occupational Health Nursing Brenda Slaney 2. Professional Responsibility and Role Development P. V. Lloyd 3. Planning, Function and Layout of an Occupational Health Department Ivor Swanson 4. Records Eileen Astbury 5. Health Supervision Peter Holgate 6. Health Education Jean Allsopp 7. Counselling Frances Baker 8. Rehabilitation Joyce Bartle 9. Co-Operation June Homewood.