New FIFTH Edition Available January 2018!

Gain Instant Access to More than 100 Guidelines Covering Prevention and Screening, Primary Care, and Emergency Care!

Occupational Health Nursing Guidelines for Primary Clinical Conditions, Fourth Edition is ready to assist you! This highly valuable Fourth edition continues to provide you with comprehensive and detailed guidance on the assessment, management, and referral of work-related and non-occupational health issues as well as the development of workplace health programs.

Divided into three sections – Prevention and Screening, Primary Care, and Emergency Care – each of the more than 115 guidelines provides the definition, characteristics, objectives for care and outcomes, modes of treatment, necessity for referral, and an emphasis on follow-up. All guidelines have been reviewed and updated by an expert panel of occupational health nurses and physicians to provide a current and clear understanding of the clinical characteristics or treatment measures involved. Also included is a handy checklist for physician approval of the guidelines as Standing Orders.

The book has several sections related to the practice of occupational health nursing including Special Programs areas such as health surveillance, case management, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, disaster management, and much more.

Long considered an important guide for clinical and programmatic areas in occupational health nursing practice, this valuable publication will provide a basis for actions that allow for, or rather demand, an individualized plan of care. The use of standardized clinical guidelines for nursing practice can help in the following ways:

• To provide for goal-directed outcomes
• To guide the systematic collection of data
• To enhance critical thinking and clinical management skills
• To maximize clinical decision-making
• To improve the quality and consistency of nursing care
• To guide the development of evaluative criteria
• To foster professional accountability

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