title: Total Worker Health: Implications for the Occupational Health Nurse.
abstract: Total Worker Health™ is defined as a "strategy integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion to prevent worker injury and illness and to advance worker health and well-being." This strategy aligns workplace safety with individual behaviors that support healthy lifestyles. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 presumes that incentive-oriented worksite health promotion provides a critical pathway to reduce group health costs. Because of their scientific and clinical backgrounds, professional nurses are well qualified to educate and assist individuals with healthy lifestyle choices. Occupational health nurses and patient advocates can shape wellness initiatives that best serve both employees and their employers.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida karencampbellrn@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida.
authors.forename: Candace
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000639:trends; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000592:standards*; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
keywords: Total Worker Health; onsite wellness