title: Frequent flyer business travelers. The role of the occupational health nurse.
abstract: When managing frequent flyer business travelers, occupational health nurses focus on health promotion and health protection goals. The three types of prevention (i.e., primary, secondary, tertiary) follow a timeline beginning with complete prevention, and proceeding through and ending with management of a disease process. Occupational health nurses design and implement practice strategies based on this progression. Travel health nursing is rapidly expanding as the number of travelers, immunizations, and modes of transportation increase. Physicians focus on disease, industrial hygienists focus on hazard exposure, and safety professionals address occupational issues related to illnesses and injuries. Occupational health nurses are the professionals who focus on all three areas, in addition to health promotion and health protection. Frequent flyer business travelers have specific and complex needs that occupational health nurses are in a unique position to address.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Health for Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Olga S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Tompkins
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Randolph
authors.forename: Judith S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ostendorf
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D003132:Commerce; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration; D014943:Global Health; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D020407:Internet; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D014195:Travel; D014611:Vaccination