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COURSE TITLE
Physical Assessment for Occupational Health Nurses
This class has been CANCELED!
June 16-19, 2008 (Monday-Thursday)
UC San Francisco School of Nursing Classrooms and Skills Laboratory
Co-sponsor:
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Program, UCSF
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to provide occupational health nurses with beginning skills needed to conduct screening physical examinations. Physical assessment is used to establish baseline information about a worker’s health status, to determine worker/job fit, to detect health problems or risk factors that may later be affected by the job, and to make decisions regarding reasonable accommodation to a worker’s special health needs in the occupational setting. Nurses attending this course will refine their ability to distinguish normal from abnormal findings, and gain increased confidence in their ability to refer workers for appropriate further evaluation and treatment.
The course is a full 4 days in length. Educational methods will include lectures, self-study materials, demonstrations, and at least three hours of hands-on practice of each day’s assessment techniques in the UCSF School of Nursing Skills Laboratory.
Topics to be covered:
- Health History
- Eyes
- Ear, Nose, and Throat/Thyroid
- Lungs/Spirometry
- Breasts and Lymphs
- Cardiac and Vascular Systems
- Abdomen
- Dermatology
- Neurology/Mental Status Exam
- Musculoskeletal:
-Shoulder/Elbow/Wrist
-Hip/Knee/Ankle
-Cervical/Lumbar Spine
COURSE DIRECTORS
Rossana Segovia-Bain, RN, MS, OHNP-C, COHN-S, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Nursing, Occupational & Environmental Health Nursing Program
Other Faculty:
Erin Andersen, RN, MS, OHNP, Nurse Practitioner, UCSF Medical Center
Barbara Burgel, RN, MS, PhD(c), COHN-S, FAAN, Clinical Professor UCSF School of Nursing, Occupational & Environmental Health Nursing Program
Dorothy Christian, RN, MS, NP, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Public Health Orthopedic Clinic
Hattie Grundland, RN, MS, ANP, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Nursing, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Program
Michele Helmuth, RN, Dade Behring, Inc.
Kate Lawlor, RN, MSN, MA, HOME
Julie Roberts, RN, PhD, ANP, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems, HOME
JoAnne Saxe, RN-C, ANP, MS, Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Nursing, Associate Director – Adult Nurse Practitioner Masters Specialty Program, Department of Community Health Systems
Suzan Stringari-Murray, RN, MS, ANP, Director, Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, UCSF
Jonathan Vrban, RN, MS, Nurse Practitioner, Kaiser Permanente North
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the class, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the components of a complete health history, with emphasis on the occupational health history
- Demonstrate physical examination techniques
- Identify normal, normal variant, and abnormal findings on a screening physical examination
- Identify common findings related to selected occupational health conditions.
AUDIENCE
Occupational health nurses who are responsible for preplacement examinations, health surveillance, and acute care evaluations.
CREDIT
COEH Continuing Education Program is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 12983. 34.5 Contact Hours.
Course Schedule
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Location |
Price |
June 16-19, 2008 (Monday-Thursday) |
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
(Registration 7:30 am Monday, June 16 in Room N-517)
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UCSF School of Nursing Classrooms and Skills Laboratory
3rd & Parnassus Avenues
San Francisco, CA 94143
Morning Classroom Sessions,
8am-1pm:
Mon.,Tues.,Thurs. Room N-517
Wed. Room HSW-303
Afternoon Skills Lab Sessions,
1-4:30pm:
Mon.-Thurs. Room N-703
N=School of Nursing Building
HSW=Health Science West Building
Campus Map (PDF)
Hotel Information
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$700
($800 after May 19, 2008)
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