title: [The expectations of enterprises for occupational health nurses].
abstract: A self-administered questionnaire study by mail was carried out on 282 enterprises employing occupational health nurses in the Kanto and the Kansai district in 1998. The purposes of this study were to make clear the expectation of enterprises for occupational health nurses and differences by enterprise characteristics. The number of respondents was 149 and 138 were analyzed. The results were as follows: 1. It was suggested that enterprises expected occupational health nurses to perform non professional jobs and to be committed to the organization. 2. On the whole, enterprises had high expectations in occupational health activities except in the area of work and environment. 3. Enterprise size influenced expectations in several activities: health guidance, health education, prevention education and safety education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sociology, Graduate School of Health Sciences and Nursing, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Isono
mesh_terms: D007221:Industry; D007564:Japan; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires