title: Consulting in occupational health nursing. An overview.
abstract: 1. The term consultant is defined as anyone who provides professional advice or services, which may include internal and external consultants. Consulting is a challenging way to practice occupational health nursing. 2. The consulting process involves problem solving and the creation of change. This process may be illustrated by using the nursing process and the steps of assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. 3. Successful occupational health nursing consultants are excellent communicators, are willing to market themselves, love problem solving, and are self starters.
authors.affiliation: SafeTech Consultants, Inc., South Portland, ME, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009736:Nursing Process; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing; D011331:Private Practice