title: Competencies in occupational and environmental health nursing.
abstract: The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. has delineated nine categories of competency in occupational and environmental health nursing. Within each category, three levels of achievement or competence are identified.
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D019090:Case Management; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007857:Leadership; D008403:Mass Screening; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009736:Nursing Process; D015399:Nursing Research; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017751:Safety Management; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States