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South African Nursing Council (Under the provisions of the Nursing Act, 2005) e-mail: web: Box 1123, Pretoria, 0001 Republic of South Africa Tel: 012 420 1000 Fax: 012 343 5400 602 Pretorius Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0083 COMPETENCIES FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSE SPECIALIST (OHN) 1. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Nursing (OHN) is a specialist field that provides for and delivers HEALTH and safety programmes and services to workers and worker populations in their place of employment. It focuses on the promotion and restoration of HEALTH , the prevention of illness and injury and the protection from work-related and environmental hazards. OHNs have a sound knowledge and understanding of the risk to which each worker and homogenous worker populations are exposed. Their healthcare expertise is combined with their knowledge of business, which enables them to balance the requirements for a safe and a healthy work environment and the interests of the employees with that of the employer.
Competencies – Occupational Health Nurse Specialist: April 2013 Page 3 OHN has to make a determination if causation of a disease or illness is occupational
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