Study Guide

Objective

You plan, implement and evaluate public health nursing work that maintains and rehabilitates the health and ability to work of the working age, workplace and community.
You can describe the principles of good occupational health care practice.
You assess the effects of work, work communities and environments on health.
You plan, implement and evaluate the necessary proposals for action to promote the health of your clients (individual, family, group, workplace, work or other community).
You work in multidisciplinary collaborations in multidisciplinary networks.

Content

Key legislation and guidelines governing occupational health care and occupational safety, occupational health care reimbursement practices.
Occupational health care service system and its connections with various stakeholders.
Principles of good occupational health care practice.
Working age health examinations, information, counseling and guidance.
Maintaining, promoting and monitoring health, work and functional capacity.
Planning, implementation and monitoring of occupational health co-operation based on workplace surveys.
Assessment and monitoring of work and functional capacity, early support and rehabilitative activities.
Assessment of health conditions; identification of resource factors, health exposures of work environments and communities, risk and stress factors.
Major occupational diseases and occupational diseases.
Occupational health and safety.
Promoting the health of working life, workplaces, work environments and communities and monitoring well-being at work in cooperation with different actors.
Occupational health care / outpatient clinic.
Marketing and sales of occupational health services.
Maintaining, promoting and monitoring the ability of the unemployed to work and function.

Location and time

Key contents:
- key legislation and guidelines governing occupational health care and occupational safety
- compensation practices of occupational health care
- the occupational health care service system and its connections with stakeholders
- the principles of good occupational health care practice
- health checks for people of working age
- providing information, advice and guidance
- maintaining, promoting and monitoring health, work and functional capacity
- planning, implementation and monitoring of occupational health cooperation based on workplace surveys
- work capacity support; assessment and follow-up of work and functional capacity, early support and rehabilitative activities
- assessment of health conditions; identification of resource factors, health exposures of work environments and communities
- danger and load factors
- key work-related diseases and occupational diseases
- occupational health and safety and ergonomics
- promoting the health of working life, workplaces, working environments and communities and monitoring occupational well-being in collaboration with different actors
- maintaining, promoting and monitoring the work and functional capacity of the unemployed
- occupational health-focused medical care / reception of outpatient care
- marketing and sales of occupational health services

Evaluation scale

H-5