CHH17 Flashcards
(21 cards)
the specialty practice that focuses on the
promotion, prevention, and restoration of
health within the context of a safe and healthy
environment. It includes the prevention of
adverse health effects from occupational and
environmental hazards. It provides for and
delivers occupational and environmental
health and safety programs and services to
clients.
Occupational Safety and Health
provides the context for
health care delivery and recognize the needs
of individuals, groups, and populations.
Nursing Science
specific treatment and
management of occupational health illnesses.
Medical science
to recognize the routes of exposure, examine relationships between chemical exposures in the workplace and accurate and latent health effects such as burns or cancer.
Occupational health science
to study health and illness
trends and characteristics of the worker
population.
Epidemiology
for strategic and
operational planning.
Business and economic theories,
concepts, and principles
to systematically
examine interrelationships between the
worker and the environment.
Environmental Health
to explore the influences of various environments.
Social and behavioral sciences
to ensure compliance with regulatory mandates.
Legal and ethical issues
Who instituted the Industrial Nursing Unit of the Philippine NUrses Association on November 11, 1950?
Magdalena Valenzuela
Who served as the first chairperson?
Perla Gorres
Who was elected as the first president?
Anita Santos
are elements in the work
environment that can cause work-related
diseases.
Health hazards
On August 19, 1964, Ms. Anita Santos She paved the way to the modification in the name of the organization to?
Occupational Health Nurses Association of the
Philippines (OHNAP), Inc.
are unsafe conditions that
significantly increase the risk of a worker to be
injured.
Safety hazards
Typical control measures for occupational
hazards can be categorized into three:
Administrative control
Engineering
Materials provision
Examples of health hazards:
Biological-infectious hazards
Chemical hazards
Environmental hazards
Physical hazards
- the occupational health nurse is involved in
both health promotion and disease prevention
Primary Prevention
- aimed at early diagnosis, early treatment
interventions, and attempts to limit disability
Secondary Prevention
the occupational health nurse plays a role in
the rehabilitation and restoration of the worker to an optimal level of functioning based on the limitations
Tertiary Prevention
