Your nursing skills are just as valuable in the workplace as they are in the clinical environment. Choose a new path for your practice by becoming an occupational health nurse.
In this part-time, distance certificate, you design and implement health and safety programs that protect workers from hazards in the workplace. You play an important role in preventing illness and injury and place workers in jobs suited to their physical, mental and psychosocial abilities.
Virtual work environments and field visits give you first-hand experience, allowing you to apply your new knowledge and skills in scenarios that prepare for a new career.
Keep workers safe.
Specialize in occupational health nursing.
Canadian Nurses Association Certification
Upon successful completion of the program and fulfillment of the clinical hours, you are eligible to write the Canadian Nurses Association Certification for Nursing Specialties exam in Occupational Health Nursing.