title: Occupational health. Nursing in the workplace.
abstract: Occupational health nursing is a community nursing specialty that will assume greater importance in a reformed health care system. Maintaining a safe and healthy workplace is an occupational health priority, the goal being to reduce work-related injury and illness. This article describes the complexities of this role.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, Community, and Administrative Nursing, University of California School of Nursing, San Francisco 94143-0608.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Burgel
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States