Continuous Quality Improvement in Occupational Health Nursing

Consulting in occupational health nursing.

Occupational and environmental health nursing: the foundations of quality practice.

This article discusses the various standards, regulations, and guidelines that practicing occupational and environmental health nurses follow to ensure the delivery of quality, competent care in all occupational and environmental health nursing practice settings.

Benchmarking: a method for continuous quality improvement in health.

Benchmarking, a management approach for implementing best practices at best cost, is a recent concept in the healthcare system. The objectives of this paper are to better understand the concept and its evolution in the healthcare sector, to propose an operational definition, and to describe some French and international experiences of benchmarking in the healthcare sector. To this end, we revie...

Research to practice in occupational health nursing.

Occupational health nursing research has gained a significant place in national and international nursing programs and has advanced occupational health nurses' understanding of the most effective ways to prevent occupational illness and injury, provide access to quality care for workers, and manage occupational injuries and return to work. This article describes the history of nursing research ...

Occupational Health Hazards in ICU Nursing Staff

This study analyzed occupational health hazards for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses and nursing technicians, comparing differences in the number and types of hazards which occur at the beginning and end of their careers. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 26 nurses and 96 nursing technicians from a public hospital in the Federal District, Brazil. A Likert-type work-relate...