Physical Assessment for the Occupational Health Nurse 2024

Jointly Provided by:

University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering

and

American Association of Occupational Health Nurses

This course consists of lectures to provide the occupational health nurse with knowledge needed to assess the physical health status of individuals specific to a variety of occupational health settings. Body organs and systems to be covered include: the skin, head, ears, eyes, nose, throat and the respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and neurological systems. In addition, taking of medical history, documenting findings, and adherence to HIPAA regulations will be included.

Who Should Attend

This program is intended for occupational health nurses or other clinicians who provide direct health care services for workers. This program should be particularly valuable for service providers staffing medical stations or clinics within worksite facilities or plants.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Date

October 10 - December 31, 2024

Format:

• Virtual hybrid course

• Asynchronous lectures released on October 10, 2024

• Three “Discussion with the Instructor” sessions via Zoom

• Recorded lectures and notes are hosted in Canvas, a learning management system. Lectures cannot be downloaded. However, the presentation notes can be downloaded.

• Recorded lectures and notes will be available in the learning management system, Canvas, until December 31, 2024.

Week 1

Discussion with the Instructor (October 23, 2024 - 6:00-7:30pm ET)

Topics include:

1. General Approaches

2. Interviewing

3. Documentation

4. Dermatologic System

Week 2:

Discussion with the Instructor (October 30, 2024 - 6:00-7:30pm ET)

Topics include:

1. HEENT

2. Cardiovascular & Peripheral Vascular System

3. Respiratory System

4. Gastrointestinal Systems

Week 3:

Discussion with the Instructor (November 6, 2024 - 6:00-7:30pm ET)

Topics include:

1. Musculoskeletal Assessment

2. Neurological Assessment

3. Putting It All Together

Registration Fee

Early-bird registration: $600 until September 25, 2024

Regular registration: $700

Discussion with instructor includes:

1. Question and Answer session

2. Case studies

3. Supplementary material

4. "Peer to Peer Discussion"

Suggested Reading
The textbook, "Fundamentals of Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing: AAOHN Core Curriculum - 5th Edition," is available for purchase and is an excellent supplement to your studies.

Available at:

Please note that this textbook is NOT included with your course registration, and is NOT required reading for this course.

Cancellation Policy

Written cancellation notification must be received no later than October 1, 2024 in order to qualify for a refund, less $75.00 administrative fee. Substitute attendees are welcome. In the unlikely event that this program must be cancelled, the entire submitted registration fee will be refunded without further liability on the part of the organizers.

Accreditation

The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (AAOHN) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283). In the past this course has been approved for 19.25 CNE.

COURSE COMMENTS FROM FORMER ATTENDEES

● "Great information for the occupational health nursing setting."

● "I always love a great review - this was amazing!"

● "This was a good review of an overall head to toe assessment"

● "I will start doing more comprehensive assessments."

● "Excellent! Great review. Learned a lot! Great resources!"

● "Great information, reviews, updates, and new assessment tips."

● "This was a wonderful seminar I would recommend to any nurse I know. Great info from everyone. I learned a lot of new useful techniques."

● "I am new to occupational nursing. This presentation provided very thorough assessment information that I can use in both my occupational health job and as my ER nursing role, too."

● "Very appropriate to my clinical setting."

● "The presenters gave good information references from textbooks, slides, and personal work experiences."

● "I feel like I have more assessment tools to help me better evaluate employees/patients so that I can more quickly recognize possible referral needs."

● "I can be more confident with the assessments. Excellent info and presentations."

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or 734-763-2243 .

Event Venue

Online