title: A Safe and Healthful Work Environment: Development and Testing of an Undergraduate Occupational Health Nursing Curriculum.
abstract: Occupational health nursing focuses on promotion and restoration of health, prevention of illness and injury, protection from work-related and environmental hazards, and corporate profitability. Quality education about the relationship between work and health is critical for nurses' success regardless of work setting, and is consistent with Healthy People 2020 goals, but is lacking or limited in some programs. This report introduces an innovative occupational health nursing curriculum for students enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs. The process of designing and pilot testing this novel curriculum, its alignment with nursing competencies, and its format and learning activities are described. Preparing professional nurses to understand the role of the occupational health nurse and the relationship between work and health is an essential curricular consideration for contemporary nursing education.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Nursing mcculla@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Marjorie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: McCullagh
authors.affiliation: Thrive at Life: Working Solutions.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development
keywords: baccalaureate; competencies; curriculum; nursing education; occupational health and safety team; occupational health nursing