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S L Lusk
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Selling health promotion programs: recommendations for occupational health nurses.
1. Although some suggest that health promotion programs should not be conducted in the workplace, there is generally strong support for workplace programs by both the public and private sectors. 2. Many published reports of cost savings attributed to health promotion programs are available. The calculations of cost savings contain many flaws and generally do not reflect a comprehensive analysis of all costs associated with programs, especially those associated with changes in death rates and longevity. 3. Specific recommendations for occupational health nurses include: analysis of the corporate situation; integration of programs with occupational health and safety activities; involvement of all levels of workers in planning and promoting the programs; evaluation through employee participation and satisfaction, not by cost benefit analysis; and consideration of offering programs to family members. 4. Nursing as a whole should provide leadership for implementing programs to promote health and prevent disease. The worksite offers unique opportunities for occupational health nurses to implement the Healthy People 2000 objectives to enhance the health of working adults.
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Violence experienced by nurses' aides in nursing homes: an exploratory study.
1. The growing aged population in the United States will result in an increase in nursing home patients, and in numbers of employees in these homes providing care to patients. Nurses' aides, an employee group that has not received much attention, will be the primary providers of this patient care. 2. In this preliminary study the abuse experienced by nurses' aides in nursing homes was both a psychosocial and ergonomic stressor, because it had emotional and psychological components, as well as actual physical injury. 3. Nurses' aides, like other workers, deserve a safe and healthful workplace. A large scale study should be done to determine the extent of abuse/violence directed toward nursing home employees. 4. If abuse is validated as a problem, aides should receive training in handling abusive patients. In addition, it is important to identify the factors related to patients' abusive behaviors and to test mechanisms for reducing these behaviors.
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Corporate expectations for occupational health nurses' activities.
1. Reports from corporate management personnel indicated occupational health nurses currently performing fewer activities than the reports from occupational health or medical personnel, but they did not differ in regard to future activities. 2. Two areas, "generate analyses on trends in health promotion, risk reduction, and health care expenditures" and "conduct research to determine cost effective alternatives for health care programs and services," may represent an opportunity for occupational health nurses to expand their roles and receive recognition for their contributions. 3. Occupational health nurses can use this information regarding corporate expectations: to promote support for the development of new programs; to select educational programs which will prepare them to perform these activities; and to justify corporate support for advanced education. 4. Many of the desired future activities relate to corporate interest in cost containment. Occupational health nurses may be able to use this knowledge to obtain support for new programs they wish to develop.
Health Promotion↗