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Infusing Occupational Health in Undergraduate Nursing Education



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  • Personal Author:
    Jones MS
  • Description:
    Nurses provide care to residents and workers on America's 2.2 million farms. Nurse educators are challenged to find opportunities to teach agricultural health and safety content to nursing students. The purpose of this poster was to illustrate how three components of education were interwoven across multiple research projects and educational units and grounded by community stakeholder engagement. Two National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-funded studies provided the opportunity to engage undergraduate nursing students and faculty at two universities and the regional Area Health Education Center to explore health promotion theories, engage in research and service, and learn about agricultural health and safety and how it applies to nursing practice. Each institution had a unique role in the project. Involvement included development, delivery, and evaluation of instructional interventions at Progressive Agriculture Foundation Safety Days(R). The mix of research, education, and community organizations produced a tapestry of interdisciplinary work that quickly permeated nursing practice, education, and community service and initially reached 553 members of a rural community. This symbiotic interaction between two nursing educational programs (service learning and undergraduate research interns) yielded valuable service-learning and research products that could not have been achieved without students' participation. At the end of the project, students indicated they applied their new knowledge to practice after graduation and the Safety Day incorporated new techniques. With thoughtful planning, content related to agricultural health and safety can be infused into undergraduate education. Nurses need to be properly informed about the health hazards of agriculture to provide culturally competent care. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    2165-0799
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Abstract or Summary
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Volume:
    60
  • Issue:
    7
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20052983
  • Citation:
    Workplace Health Saf 2012 Jul; 60(7):296
  • Email:
    susan.jones@wku.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2012
  • NORA Priority Area:
    Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Kentucky
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20010930
  • Source Full Name:
    Workplace Health & Safety
  • End Date:
    20270929
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:ed924f386ae01a481fbafbddc195c1eef6b5a47395a14913efee4c5f0a5aefc496cb59c29474ba80540fa9b8c62a206a9065574e716449d6d0aa6a1b7a464c86
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