How many OHN's are on these board?

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Hello,

I'm brand new to Occupational Health Nursing. I've been browsing for On-line resources and other OHN's to network with. It doesn't seem like there are very many OHN's that visit these boards. If you're out there, let me know.

I'm not certified, and actually know nothing about what's required for certification, but would be interested in learning more about the details of doing so.

Annette,

You can get information on cerification at http://www.abohn.org/, or you can also find great resources regarding certification at http://aaohn.org.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Wayne.. I checked the first site, and got the answer I needed.. I'm an LPN, so I don't qualify right of the bat, lol.. Just what I figured.

Even though I am not currently an Occ Health Nurse I will be an Occ Health NP in 3 years. I was recently accepted into UCSF's Master's Entry Program to Nursing and can't wait to start. Tell me what is your favorite part about being an Occ Health nurse/nurse manager/NP and how easy would you say is it to find employment in this area of nursing? When I graduate from school I will be joint certified as an Adult/Occ and Environmental NP?

I work in occ health in a shipyard quite difficult at times. Sole nurse there with a lot of health issue not helped by the fact scottish shipworkers are a bread of their own

sorry meant breed not bread

Welcome, Chris. I am the only nurse here at an aluminum extrusion company. Do you do Wellness, in addition to Occ Med? Do you have an onsite Doc, or telephone consult with one? Do you have Health Fairs, and if you do, how in the world do you interest your shipbuilders to participate?

I only have a few hundred questions! LOL! It is just that I rarely get to talk with Occ Med Nurses who practice alone.

cathy,

sorry i took so long to reply, onsite doctor one morning per week yes i do wellness, West of Scotland has a long history of CHD CVA etc so the guys are really interested if I put on any health promotion they are taking an interest in their health. this month is testicular cancer awareness month but I'm not going there I couldn't cope with their comments!!I can phone the Doc if I have problems. talk again soon

Thanks for the information, Chris. I hope that your wellness screening goes well. Our situations seem somewhat similar. However, while the Occ Med MD is just a phone call or e-mail away, we don't ever have one on-site.

I'm sure you must be busy, but stay in touch. It is good to hear from one who walks in similar shoes!

hello all occ health nurses I am an occupational health nurse in the Uk. I t's great to read all your messages, different queries and the replies you recieve and compare them to our standards and legislation. If I can be of any help just leave a message

Angieh, RN

hi

can anyone help me does anyone work in heavy industry and do testing for VWF if you do what sort of testing do you do the testing we do is mainly subjective and going on symptoms the guys in the shipyard describe they are nearly all stage three to move them all of vibration tools would shut the yard I know that I'm being conned because most of them have put in claims and won varaible amounts of money anyone help with diggerent testing thanks ps they also run their hands in freezing water for 15 mins before testing or use a vibration tool for at least an hour beofre their survellance how can i get round this thinkng that they can con me? help!!!!

Is there any chance of scheduling the tests before they begin work? I am not sure of the policies in Scotland. I have had some issues here in regards to people not wanting to wear a respirator to work either in confined spaces or working with chemicals(they didn't want to work with the chemicals at all-even with a respirator). They would answer yes to questions which would disqualify them from being able to use a respirator, therefore, not have to do that job duty. I would then inform them if they could not do all the aspects of the job, they may therefore, not be able to remain employed in that status. Some departments are not able to accomodate a restriction such as not being able to use a respirator. If there was a possibility of using the situation that they may no longer be employed, sometimes that works. On the other hand, when you are talking about issues where the problem is that it may be work related, that may be hard. Are there any engineering controls that could be used to decrease the vibration-I'm sure you have already thought of that, just trying to help. If I can think of anything else, I will let you know. Good Luck!

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