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1. Health care, human resource, and employee assistance provider professionals must be aware of the impact of trauma in the workplace. 2. Critical Incident Stress (CIS) refers to the work and situations that emergency service professionals face on a regular basis. ⋯ Victims of witnesses of a traumatic incident, a violent crime, physical maltreatment, or sexual abuse may experience Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Individuals of all ages are vulnerable to PTSD. 4. Unresolved CIS or a workplace trauma may result in PTSD for the involved individuals if not handled appropriately.
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This study found a low infection rate (3.1%) in occupationally related lacerations sutured by an on site nurse practitioner in a meat-packing plant where a high infection rate might be expected. This is compared to an overall infection rate of 1% to 30% of all sutured wounds cited in other studies. ⋯ Infected wounds may cost anywhere from $2,000 to $150,000 per case depending on severity, in addition to other hidden costs. Clearly a decrease in the morbidity of wound care is significant in terms of decreased cost.
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Comparative Study
General nursing and occupational health nursing: a comparison of scientific progress.
Education, research, theory development, and scientific knowledge development are indices that can be used to measure scientific progress. The progress of occupational health nursing science has followed the progress of general nursing science by a period of 20 years. ⋯ Occupational health nursing has established research priorities. Acting on these priorities will help develop scientifically based nursing practice.
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1. Occupational health nurses have a prime opportunity to promote a healthy and stable population of working women through teaching osteoporosis risk reduction behaviors and conducting periodic osteoporosis risk assessments. 2. Health teaching about osteoporosis prevention is needed to foster health promotion and risk reduction behaviors among pre-, peri-, and postmenopausal women to lessen the incidence of fractures and secondary consequences. 3. By incorporating primary and secondary prevention strategies into occupational health nursing practice, great strides can be made in guiding women to initiate osteoporosis prevention behaviors to promote a more healthy and less restrictive lifestyle in later years.