In the last 100 years, the occupational health nurse has been instrumental in providing direct care, promoting safety, and offering disease prevention and health promotion programs to America's work force. With a clear vision of how, where, and why occupational health nurses are an invaluable resource in the public health arena, occupational health nurses can continue to make significant contributions. The demand for the knowledge, skills, and contributions of the occupational health nurse at the worksite in research and in policy making will continue well beyond the year 2000.
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