ISBN: 9798170715855 - occupational health nursing compliance and case management manual: employee screening, workplace injury, exposure management, return-to-work, surveillance, and documentation (1 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Occupational Health Nursing Compliance and Case Management Manual is a practical clinical reference for nurses and workplace health professionals responsible for employee screening, injury care, exposure management, return-to-work coordination, surveillance, documentation, and program oversight.Built around the realities of occupational health practice, this manual helps readers connect clinical assessment with workplace risk, functional job demands, privacy, case ownership, and prevention. It explains how to move from first contact through follow-up without losing sight of worker safety, organizational responsibilities, or the need for clear documentation.Inside, readers will find focused guidance on employee health screening and fitness processes; workplace injury triage and case management; chemical, respiratory, dermatologic, noise, heat, cold, and environmental hazards; blood and body fluid exposures; return-to-work restrictions and transitional duty; ergonomic and musculoskeletal concerns; medical surveillance; communicable disease and outbreak response; documentation and privacy; and occupational health program leadership.The manual emphasizes practical decision-making. Chapters include clinical pearls, red flag alerts, documentation points, structured case studies, critical-thinking challenges, skills checklists, key terms, summaries, review questions with rationales, and production-ready visual prompts. The appendices provide reusable tools for screening, injury intake, exposure reconstruction, post-exposure coordination, work-status communication, surveillance tracking, cluster response, documentation auditing, emergency readiness, case closure, high-risk escalation, and quality monitoring.Readers will learn how to: - perform focused occupational health assessments linked to job demands and exposure risks; - recognize urgent findings and escalate appropriately; - write clear functional work restrictions without unnecessary diagnosis disclosure; - coordinate follow-up and prevent cases from being lost between clinic, supervisor, vendor, and outside provider; - distinguish clinical fitness from environmental clearance; - build reliable surveillance and result-management workflows; - communicate with supervisors, HR, safety, and other stakeholders using minimum-necessary information; - strengthen documentation quality, record integrity, privacy, and compliance reliability; - identify recurring injury or exposure patterns and convert them into prevention action; and - support a high-reliability occupational health program through audits, emergency readiness, education, and quality improvement.Whether used for orientation, day-to-day reference, staff development, case review, or program improvement, this manual gives occupational health nurses a structured framework for managing the clinical and operational complexity of workplace health. …