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Research to Practice in Occupational Health Nursing

  • Workplace Health & Safety (formerly AAOHN Journal)
  • April 2012 - Volume 60 · Issue 4: 190
  • DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20120328-27
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Abstract

This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module on “Research to Practice in Occupational Health Nursing.” 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.

A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at http://lms.aaohn.org and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://lms.aaohn.org on or before March 31, 2013; (3) A score of 70% (7 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.

Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:

  1. Describe the current U.S. work force needs in occupational health nursing research and the factors influencing the current shortage of nurse scientists.

  2. List the current American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., nursing research priority areas.

  3. Identify three nursing scientists who are contributing to the body of knowledge that serves as the basis of occupational health nursing practice.

AAOHN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

AAOHN is additionally approved as a provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283) and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (#LSBN3).

Contact hour credits received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, or re-certification.

  1. NORA stands for:

    1. National Organization for Research Assistants.

    2. New Order for Researchable Actions.

    3. National Occupational Research Agenda.

    4. Nursing Oversight of Research Aims.

  2. Occupational health nurse researchers have been recognized by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.:

    1. For the past 5 years.

    2. For the past 10 years.

    3. For the past two decades.

    4. For the past four decades.

  3. A higher percentage of all U.S. nurses hold a bachelor’s degree compared to occupational health nurses.

    1. True.

    2. False.

  4. Occupational health nurses comprise the largest group of health providers caring for the U.S. working population.

    1. True.

    2. False.

  5. Which of the following is NOT included in the list of research priorities in occupational health nursing?

    1. Strategies for increasing compliance with or motivating workers to use personal protective equipment.

    2. Occupational hazards of commercial drivers.

    3. Health effects resulting from chemical exposure in the workplace.

    4. Effectiveness of primary health care delivery at the worksite.

  6. According to this article, many nurse researchers at the University of Michigan have focused their research on:

    1. Fetal hazards in the workplace.

    2. Pandemic preparedness of large employers.

    3. Health effects of chemical hazard exposure.

    4. Hearing protection.

  7. Two nurse researchers who have focused their research on chemical exposures include:

    1. Dr. Wendie Robbins and Dr. Linda McCauley.

    2. Dr. Jane Lipscomb and Dr. Hester Lipscomb.

    3. Dr. Mary Salazar and Dr. Patricia Strasser.

    4. Dr. Bonnie Rogers and Dr. Victoria Dickson.

  8. Detailed research studies of workers’ compensation systems have demonstrated the importance of what factors to satisfaction with services?

    1. Structural factors.

    2. Process factors.

    3. Neither a nor b.

    4. Both a and b.

  9. Unlike nursing in general, occupational health nursing research is not under-resourced or limited.

    1. True.

    2. False.

 

doi: 10.3928/21650799-20120328-27

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