Abstract
This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module on “Developing Blended Online and Classroom Strategies to Deliver an Occupational Health Nursing Overview Course in a Multi-State Region in the United States” 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.
A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at at http://www.aaohn.org by March 2017; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.
Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:
Discuss the use of a hybrid approach to deliver an overview course on occupational health nursing
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283).
Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.
The Northwest U.S. Canada The Southeast U.S. The Southwest U.S.
To meet NIOSH goals of getting more nurses working in occupational health To provide knowledge and resources to occupational health nurses who wanted to seek board certification for occupational health nursing To provide practice testing for COHN and COHN-S certification exams To increase awareness of the role of universities in certification preparation
CNE and university credit Synchronous and asynchronous continuing education modules Text book and journal readings Didactic and clinical experiences
Limited access to training Limited budgets for training Time constraints to attend training All of the above
Rogers’ occupational health nursing textbook Defined by the experts who taught the course AAOHN’s Core Curriculum (3rd Ed) NIOSH’s Total Worker Health program
Discussion board Self-assessment Initial thoughts Short essay
Systems can be made secure. Lectures can be recorded using audio and video technologies. Training and orienting users requires very little time and effort. Assignments can be captured and time/date stamped in the system.
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