Research Catalog

Title

Occupational health nurses and respiratory protection : improving education and training : letter report / Committee on the Respiratory Protection Curriculum for Occupational Health Nursing Programs, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Linda Hawes Clever, ...[et al.], Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Author

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Respiratory Protection Curriculum for Occupational Health Nursing Programs.

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Details

Additional Authors

Clever, Linda Hawes.

Description

xii, 62 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Occupational health nurses (OHNs) are front-line advocates for preventing illness and injury and protecting health in a variety of workplace settings, including the areas of agriculture, construction, health care, manufacturing, and public safety. OHNs need education and training in respiratory protection in order to ensure both their safety and the safety of America's workers. At the request of the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined existing respiratory protection curricula and made recommendations to improve education and training in respiratory protection for OHNs. The IOM finds that current respiratory protection education receives varying amounts of dedicated time and resources and is taught using a variety of approaches. Several recommendations are made to improve the respiratory protection education and training of OHNs."--Publisher's description.

Subjects

• Industrial hygiene > Nurses
• Breathing apparatus > Nurses
• Industrial nursing > United States
• Respiratory organs > Protection > Nurses

ISBN

• 030921548X
• 9780309215480

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries