Learn practical knowledge as you apply your nursing skills outside of the clinical environment and into the workplace. This distance certificate places you in the workplace, where you design and implement health and safety programs that protect workers from workplace hazards, preventing illness and injury and place workers in jobs suited to their physical, mental and psychosocial abilities.
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OCCH-300 Introduction to Occupational Health Nursing
Students are introduced to the field of occupational health nursing through examination of basic concepts in this nursing speciality. The history of occupational health is explored with emphasis on defining the occupational health nurse?s role in occupational health environments. Standards and competencies are discussed and government legislation which influences occupational health programs are examined., Interprofessional team roles and assessment of the workers in their environments are addressed.
Credits: 3
Dates:
Fall 2012 - Sept. 4 - Dec. 17 - OH95
Winter 2013 - Jan. 2 - April 19 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $534, plus $30 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-301 Occupational Environments
Students examine the relationship between workers and their working environment. Students explore the philosophy of identifying, evaluating, and controlling occupational stressors that affect the health of workers. Health hazards produced by physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic stressors are addressed. Canadian provincial legislative and regulatory requirements concerning the work environment are discussed. As well, basic principles of accident prevention are identified.
Credits: 4
Dates:
Fall 2012 - Sept. 4 - Dec. 17 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $712, plus $53 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-302 Occupational Health Screening
Students, examine current best practices and consolidate their knowledge and skills, in Occupational Health Screening. Students perform and interpret results of screening tests including audiometry, spirometry, and vision. Venipuncture skills are addressed. Students are responsible for finding a practicum in consultation with the instructor.
Credits: 4
Dates:
Winter 2013 - Jan. 2 - April 19 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $712, plus $52 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-303 Field Visits in Occupational Health
This course provides the student with learning experiences in occupational health settings. Individual placements and virtual workplaces allow the student to apply theoretical concepts of occupational health. Combining theory with practice allows the student to apply the nursing process in planning a comprehensive occupational health program for a worker group.
Prerequisites: OCCH-300, OCCH-301 and OCCH-302
Credits: 2
Dates:
Fall 2012 - Sept. 4 - Dec. 17 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $356 plus $11 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-304 Occupational Health Program Development
Students are provided with the foundational knowledge that enables them to develop and manage occupational health services and programs. The process of assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programs is addressed. Students examine policy and procedure development within an occupational health program. Business skills required by employers such as business plan preparation, strategic planning, and marketing are examined.
Credits: 3
Dates:
Winter 2013 - Jan. 2 - April 19 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $534 plus $30 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-305 Managed Rehabilitation
The occupational health nurse student is provided with the foundational knowledge required to develop and manage a comprehensive and effectively managed rehabilitation program. Students examine the basic principles required to plan, develop, and evaluate programs that are aimed at controlling the economic and human costs of disabilities in the workplace. Roles and responsibilities of the managed rehabilitation team members, the process for job evaluation, worker assessment, and vocational rehabilitation are addressed. Transitional work programs are presented. The course discusses injury prevention, education, worker accommodation, absenteeism control, and employee assistance programs. After completing the course, students have the basic knowledge required to manage injuries and illnesses in the workplace that result in workers' compensation, short-term disability, or long-term disability claims.
Credits: 3
Dates:
Fall 2012 - Sept. 5 - Dec. 18 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $534 plus $29 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-306 Trends and Issues in Occupational Health
Students examine current occupational health trends and issues as they relate to the occupational health nurse's role. Professional practice issues such as quality improvement, independent practice and pandemic management are addressed. A number of topics relevant to today's practice, such as substance abuse testing in the workplace, utilization of technology, the impact of worker demographics in the workplace and organizational fitness and wellness are examined. In addition, change management, leadership and ethical decision-making are discussed as they relate to the occupational health nurse's responsibilities in contemporary times.
Prerequisites: OCCH-300
Credits: 3
Dates:
Fall 2012 - Sept. 4 - Dec. 17 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $534 plus $35 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-307 Occupational Toxicology
Students are introduced to the principles of toxicology as they relate to the working environment. Substances such as pesticides, solvents, metals, gases, and particulates are discussed. The effects of these substances on reproduction and carcinogenesis are addressed. The student is also introduced to the principles of epidemiology.
Credits: 3
Dates:
Winter 2013 - Jan. 2 - April 19 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $534 plus $36 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-308 Health Surveillance in the Workplace
This course considers the legal and ethical responsibilities of the occupational health nurse in developing health surveillance programs for workers exposed to physical, chemical, biological and ergonomic hazards. As well, emphasis is placed on the development of skills in primary care, counselling, rehabilitation, and emergency preparedness.
Credits: 3
Dates:
Fall 2012 - Sept. 4 - Dec. 17 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $534 plus $34 material fee and $25 tech fee
OCCH-309 Field Project in Occupational Health
This course provides the student with an opportunity for concentrated nursing practice in an occupational health environment. Knowledge and skills in occupational health nursing is applied and integrated through the completion of a selected field project. The integration of theory and practice emphasizes self-directed learning and prepares the student to provide a comprehensive occupational health service for clients.
Prerequisites: OCCH-303, OCCH-304, OCCH-305, OCCH-307 and OCCH-308.
Credits: 2
Dates:
Winter 2013 - Jan. 2 - April 19 - OH95
Distance Delivery
Tuition: $356 plus $13 material fee and $25 tech fee
