Question for OHNPs

Hi Aggiew! What is COHN-S? As far as I know you can be A Certified Occupational Health Nurse after practicing OHN for 5 years at least and has attended equivalent hours of trainings & seminars and attended school to be a COHN ( graduate school). This is a Philippine setting , I did get infor coz' i intend to pursue my plan to be a COHN since im on my way to my 3rd year as OHNP. Though attending school is impossible right now since my work is full time but i have plans.

Sikat,

That is the written certification for occupational health nursing.
I think the COHN-S is more for occupational health nurses who do more paperwork than clinical. You still have to meet certain reuirements before sitting for this test which is what I plan to do. You can go to the ABOHN website and learn about the COHN and COHN-S.

I just got done with the interview, and I must say it didn't grab me out of the sky and make me holler Eureka!
I have been working in private practice for the past 3 years, and this is so very different from what I have done, I am not sure what to think. I think this department has 4 nurses on staff daily and an MD 3 days per week. It sounds like they want an NP to cover the days the doc is not there, but want the np to revert to rn on the days the doc is on site. My concern is that the job will be more "nursey" than "practitionery", if you know what I mean.
I am also concerned because this is the first NP position they have ever had, and during the interview, I had to inform them about the state NP act, and how their plans would need to be modified to meet current legislation. They did not even seem to know what a collaborative practice was.

How does it work where you are?