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N/A
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HLTH10030 |
Health in the Workplace |
42.00 |
| Course description: Students will acquire an understanding of principles of adult learning and therapeutic relationships in order to develop, implement and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs and strategies in the workplace. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to promote employee wellness through identification, management and prevention work-related stress and burnout, acquire skills to assist employees to cope with bereavement and loss, facilitate Employee Assistance Programs, and provide crisis intervention and critical incident response, defusing and debriefing. |
| Credits: 3 |
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N/A
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HSCI10151 |
Health Assessment |
42.00 |
| Course description: This course will provide you with the cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills required to conduct a complete physical examination and health assessment of the client across the life cycle. Included are health history taking, physical examination skills, health promotion techniques and clinical decision making. This is essential for your role as a nurse in providing healing interventions for clients and their families. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Equivalents: NRSG10084 or NRSGHZ215 |
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N/A
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HSCIOHN02 |
Occupational Health and Surveillance |
42.00 |
| Course description: Understand the health effects of common hazardous chemical and physical agents in the workplace as well as the related health assessments, diagnoses, nursing interventions and medical surveillance. Develop an understanding of principles of occupational hygiene and exposure monitoring and sampling techniques. Prerequisite: NRSGOHN01. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: NRSGOHN01 |
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N/A
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HSCIOHN03 |
Health and Safety Legislation |
42.00 |
| Course description: Occupational health nurses must understand relevant health and safety legislation in order to assist workplaces to comply with legislated requirements. Introduces health and safety legislation to assist you in the design and implementation of a health and safety program. Prerequisite: NRSGOHN01. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: NRSGOHN01 |
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N/A
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HSCIOHN04 |
Health and Safety Management |
42.00 |
| Course description: Learn to design, implement and evaluate an effective occupational health service and health and safety program incorporating evidence-based practice. Acquire or enhance professional writing skills and obtain and critique a research report. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: NRSGOHN01 |
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N/A
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MGMT10020 |
Ergonomics and Disability Management for Occupational Health Nursing |
42.00 |
| Course description: Acquire an understanding of biomechanical and ergonomic principles & relate these to pathophysiology of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Perform physical demands analyses, identify ergonomic risk factors & recommend workstation and/or task modification to prevent work-related injuries. Identify barriers to return to work and design an effective disability management program. Recommended Prerequisite: NRSGOHN01. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: NRSGOHN01 |
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N/A
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NRSGOHN01 |
Occupational Health Nursing Introduction |
42.00 |
| Course description: This course introduces students to the practice of occupational health nursing as well as the ethical, professional and legal issues and guidelines, which form the basis of occupational health nursing practice. Students will acquire basic skills in the identification of health and safety hazards in the workplace as well as activities, which promote employee health and safety. |
| Credits: 3 |
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N/A
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WORKOHN05 |
Occupational Health Nursing Project |
42.00 |
| Course description: The student will consolidate and utilize the content of prior Occupational Health Nursing courses in the development and implementation of a workplace project. The student will select and perform a project related to occupational health nursing practice. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: HSCIOHN02 and HSCIOHN03 and HSCIOHN04 and HLTH10030 and MGMT10020 and HSCI10151 |
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