Aaohn J
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Occupational health nurses are usually the first to assess workers with reflex sympathetic dystrophy/complex regional pain syndrome. Therefore, they must be aware of the signs and symptoms, implications for lost time, and higher incidence of disability related to this disorder.
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Occupational health nurses should educate employees about the risk of noise-induced hearing loss from portable music players and cellular phones during preplacement and annual hearing evaluations.
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Controlling chronic pain in the workplace: nerve stimulation and intrathecal drug delivery systems.
Chronic pain can have a major effect on both workers and the workplace. Collaboration among workers, occupational health nurses, and specialist providers is important for ongoing management of mechanism-based therapies for chronic pain. This article examines collaborative care issues relative to nerve stimulation and intrathecal drug delivery systems.
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It is important that occupational health nurses understand farmers' work and the risks of injury during farm tasks.