Agricultural health: a new field of occupational health nursing.
1.) Agriculture remains one of the most dangerous industries in America. To serve this worker population, agricultural health is emerging as a new nursing specialty in which nurses can use their vision to establish new areas of practice. 2.) Nurses who are a member of the farming audience can be effective agents of change because they know the audience in a personal way. 3.) To establish a new agricultural nursing specialty, one must overcome obstacles including uncertain funding, a rapidly changing work environment, worker preference for independent decision making, and no existing standards to guide the process. 4.) Using the early adopters of new ideas in a community can improve the acceptance from community leaders.
Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware, OH, USA.
Mary J
MJ
Fleming
D000383:Agriculture; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009820:Ohio; D016730:Program Development