occupation health nursing for group 2

1. OCCUPATION
HEALTH NURSING
GROUP 2

2. BROAD OBJECTIVES
By the end this presentation learners should gain
knowledge about objectives of occupation
health.

3. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Define occupation health
Explain the objectives of occupation health.

4. DEFINITION
It refers to the provision of health care to the
industrial workers or anybody who is working at his
or her workplace
Refers to the promotion and maintenance of the
highest degree of physical, mental and social well
being of workers in all occupation.(WHO)

5. OBJECTIVES OF OCCUPATION
HEALTH
1. Promotion and maintenance of the highest degree
of physical, mental and social well being of
workers in all occupation
There should be polices that emphasize that all
workers are well protected from hazards to promote
health and reduce the risk of exposure.

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The polices should ensure that workers are on
health insurance for easy accessibility to good
health services so as to maintain the health
status of the workers in all occupations.

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2. Prevention of workers from departing from their working
areas due to health problems caused by their employment.
Employees should be aware of health risks anticipated by
their work; For example people working with organic
solvents must be informed about the healthy risks and the
solvent used at the work must be properly marked as
harmful or not harmful so that they should handle them with
care thereby preventing health problems.

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Workers should be allocated proper working
hours and rest periods(breaks) to avoid burnout
hence preventing workers from departing from
their works.

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3. Protect the workers in their employment from the risks
or hazards resulting from factors adverse to health
Workers in different occupations are susceptible to
different health risks and hazards like injuries, diseases
etc. as such they need to be protected by provision of
personal protective equipments and vaccine to workers
at risk of exposure, for instance hepatitis B vaccine.

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4. Placement and maintenance of worker in an occupational
environment adapted to his physiological condition and
the adaptation of work to man and man to his work.
This aims at enabling workers to adapt to their work
environment. For example if there ere people living with
disability and walk using wheel chairs, there must be ramps
for easy movement as they are performing their works.

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People must work in an environment that is
conducive; For example a place with adequate
light, well ventilated and free from hazards.

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5. Facilitating workers and their families in meeting
their health and welfare needs.
There should be better salaries for the workers to
provide basic needs for their families and also they
should be able to access paying health care services
thereby meeting their health and welfare needs.

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There should be polices that every working
institution should put its workers and their
families on medical schemes so as to meet their
health care needs and maintain well beings.

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6. Promoting education and research in the field.
Providing training to workers on new
developments related to their work; For example in
a work place where they use chemicals, workers
should be oriented on proper handling of chemicals
hence preventing injuries that may occur due to
lack of knowledge on how to handle solvent.

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Research can be conducted based on most
frequent problems associated with certain
occupations in order to implement evidence
based interventions.

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7. Checking the effectiveness of preventive control
measures.
This involves assessing the control and preventive
measures that have been put in place in an occupation
and evaluate their effectiveness on whether they are
meeting the health need of the workers.

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8. Providing emergency and routine care support to workers
This is achieved through provision of first aid in case of
injuries and illness at he work place
Screening for early detections of diseases and management
of condition outside the occupation for example ;Diabetes
and Hypertension.

18. CONCLUSION
Occupational health aims at promoting,
improving and maintaining the health of workers
in their work place. Therefore it is the duty of
occupational health nurses to ensure that
optimum health of workers is achieved.

19. REFERENCES
www.who.int
Nies. M.A., McEwen. M., Community Health
Nursing; Promoting The Health of Population (2015),
6th
edition. Elsevier, Canada.