American Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Cunningham M. 1986. Chronic occupational lead exposure The potential effect on sexual function and reproductive ability in male workers. American Association of Occupational Health Nursing Journal 34 277-279. 

DeLuda, Anthony J. Tobacco Abuse and Its Treatment. American Association of Occupational Health Nurse Journal 49, no.5 (May 2001) 243-259. 

Grabo TN. 1997. Unknow toxic exposures - arts and crafts materials. AAOHN (American Association of Occupational Health Nurses) Journal 45(3) 124-130. 

Rabinowitz, S. et al. (1996). Preventing burnout Increasing professional self efficacy in primary care nurses in a Balint group. American Association of Occupational Health Nursing Journal 44 28-32. 

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Chamey, W. Lift team method for reducing back injury A ten hospital study. Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nursing 45(6) 300-304, June 1997. 

The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses estimates that poor worker health costs businesses 1 trillion each year. 

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Standardized procedures also promote the use of the most up-to-date treatments. They are particularly important if you are using several contractors to provide your medical services, because they help to make sure that all of your employees receive the same type of care. Even if company employees provide their own medical services, there still should be standardized procedures written for the medical surveillance programs, health care, and first aid. These standardized procedures should be communicated to all medical providers who provide treatment for your employees. A Comprehensive Guide for Establishing an Occupational Health Service, published by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN), includes information on developing protocols. To obtain a copy of this guide, contact AAOHN, 50 Lenox Point NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324, telephone (404) 262-1162. 

The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) serves the largest group of health-care professionals in the workplace. The association seeks to advance and maximize the health, safety, and productivity of domestic and global workforces. The association provides education, research, public policy, and practice resources for occupational and environmental health nurses. AAOHN advances the profession of occupational and environmental health nursing by focusing on education and research, professional practice/ethics, communications, governmental issues, and creating alliances. 

The latest health and safety smvey from the American Nurses Association (ANA) makes it clear that the efforts to protect nurses from occupational injuries remain a crusade-in-progress. The survey indicated that hospitals appear to be safer workplaces today than 10 years ago, when the last ANA survey was conducted. Safe needle devices and patient-lifting equipment are more available today than a decade ago. However, responses of more than 4500 RNs that participated in the ANA 2011 Health and Safety Survey indicated the same top three concerns were identified by the 2001 participants and in slightly higher percentages ... 

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