Occupational Health Nurses are Primary Health Care providers that work in the workplace community setting providing specialized nursing services to maintain and improve the health of their workers.

Occupational health nursing is the specialty practice that provides for and delivers health and safety services to employees, employee populations, and community groups.  The practice focuses on promotion and restoration of health, prevention of illness and injury, and protection from occupational and environmental hazards.

Occupational health nurses make independent nursing judgments in providing health care services within this autonomous specialty

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