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Any occupational health nurse knows that merely being a good nurse is not enough to succeed and excel in the demanding world of occupational health.
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Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, WI, had an occupational health and wellness program that had served its 1,500 employees quite well for many years.
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Ingrain safety as a priority for employees from the moment they are hired. Have your 10,000-person workforce stop what they're doing and think about how safely they are working.
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Men and women sometimes approach their jobs differently, and recent findings published by the American Psychological Association (APA) indicate they may burn out in those jobs differently, too.
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The debate over whether health care workers with direct patient contact should be required to receive flu shots rages hotter and hotter as flu season draws closer and some concern that we are in danger of a pandemic grows.
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Texas has become the first state to require safe patient handling programs in hospitals. That milestone has captured national attention as other states consider their own versions of a safe patient handling mandate.
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The devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina gives occupational health professionals cause to consider what effects natural disasters can have on worker safety and health.
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An employee with an aging, sick parent or a chronically sick child may do a good job of juggling the responsibilities of caregiving and working, but there almost always comes a time when the burden is overwhelming.
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New Hampshire has become the 20th state to join the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), a mutual recognition model of nurse licensure that allows nurses to have one license in their state of residency and to practice across state lines.
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More than 5,700 work-related fatalities were recorded in the United States in 2004, up 2% from the year before, according to the Council on State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE).
