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    Role of Community Health Nurse

    in Occupational Health
    Prepared by
    Krupa Mathew.M,
    Assistant Professor
    Definition
    • "Occupational health should aim at the promotion and
    maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental
    and social well-being of workers in all occupations
    • “To summarize, the adaptation of work to man and of
    each man to his job”.
    • The Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational
    Health,1950
    OBJECTIVES
    Acc to Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational
    Health
    •The maintenance and promotion of workers health and
    working capacity
    •The improvement of working environment and work to
    become conducive to safety and health
    •Development of work organizations and working cultures in a
    direction which supports health and safety at work and in
    doing so also promotes a positive social climate and smooth
    operation and may enhance productivity of the undertakings.
    OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS

    The occupational hazards are


    •Physical hazards
    •Chemical hazards
    •Biological hazards
    •Mechanical hazards
    •Psychosocial hazards
    OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
    I. Disease Due To Physical Agent
    – Heat – Heat hyperpyrexia, heat exhaustion, heat syncope,
    heat cramps, burns and local effects such as prickly heat
    – Cold – Trench foot, frost bite, child blains
    – Light – Occupational cataract, minor nystagmus
    – Pressure – Caisson disease, air embolism, blast(explosion)
    – Noise – Occupational deafness
    – Radiation – Cancer, leukaemia, aplastic anaemia,
    pancytopenia
    – Mechanical factors – Injuries, accidents
    – Electricity – Burns
    II. Disease Due To Chemical Agent

    1. Gases - CO2, CO, HCN, CS2, NH2, N2, H2S,


    HCL, and SO2 these cause gas poisoning
    2. Dusts (pneumoconiosis)
    I) Organic (vegetable dust)
    •Cane Fiber – Bagassosis
    •Cotton Dust – Byssinosis
    •Tobacco – Tobacosis
    •Hay or grain dust – Farmers lung
    II) Inorganic dust:
    •Coal dust – Anthracosis
    •Silica – Silicosis
    •Asbestos – Asbestosis, cancer lung
    •Iron – Siderosis
    3. Metals and their compounds:
    Toxic hazards from lead, mercury, cadmium,
    manganese, beryllium, arsenic, chromium.
    4. Chemicals
    Acids, alkalies, pesticides
    5. Solvents
    Carbon bisulphide, chloroform, benzene, trichloroethylene,
    choloroform, etc
    III. Disease Due To Biological Agent
    •Brucellosis
    •Leptospirosis
    •Anthrax
    •Tetanus
    •Encephalitis
    •Fungal Infection.
    IV. Occupational Cancer
    •Cancer of the skin, lungs, bladder
    V. Occupational Dermatitis
    •Dermatitis, eczema
    VI. Disease of Psychological Origin
    •Industrial neurosis, hypertension, peptic ulcer.
    Role of Community Health Nurse
    Clinician
    o Primary prevention
    o Emergency care
    o Treatment services
    o Nursing diagnosis
    o Individual and group care plan
    o General Health advice and health assessment
    o Research and the use of evidence based practice
    Specialist
     Occupational health policy, and practice development, implementation
    and evaluation
    Occupational health assessment
    Health surveillance
    Sickness absence management
    Rehabilitation
    Maintenance of work ability
    Health and safety
    Hazard identification
    Risk assessment
    Advice on control strategies
    Research and the use of evidence based practice
    Ethics
    Manager
     Management
     Administration
     Budget planning
     Marketing
     Service level agreements
     Quality assurance
     Professional audit
     Continuing Professional development
    Co-ordinator
     Occupational health team
     Worker education and training Environmental
    health management
    Adviser
    To management and staff on issues related to
    workplace health management and Agencies
    Health educator
     Workplace Health promotion
     Counsellor
     Counselling and reflective listening skills
     Problem solving skills
    Researcher
     Health needs assessment
     Research skills
     Evidence based practice
     Epidemiology

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