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The Role of the Agricultural Health Nurse

The Role of the Agricultural Health Nurse The Role of the Agricultural Health Nurse BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH by Susan A. Randolph, MSN, RN, COHN, and Adeline Alexander Migliozzi, MSN, RN, COHN ccupa t iona l health nurses work in di­ are the workers, with the farm being both the verse settings and focus on the preven­ workplace and the home. O tion of work related morbidity and mor­ According to A Report to the Nation: Agricul­ tality as well as maintenance of employees' ture at Risk, agricultural work continues to be one health. They are typically employed in manufac­ of the most hazardous occupations, with death turing facilities; hospital employee health serv­ and permanent disability rates that remain con­ ices; local, state, and federal governments; insur­ sistently high (Merchant, 1989). The report noted ance companies; and other business settings. that an occupational safety and health agenda for Unfortunately, the agricultural setting is agriculture is lacking in the United States, and rarely considered an "industry." Farms do not cites a number of reasons for this omission. have four walls with a well defined work force. A general awareness of the problems relative Often family members, including young children, to safety and health in agriculture http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png AAOHN Journal SAGE

The Role of the Agricultural Health Nurse

AAOHN Journal , Volume 41 (9): 5 – Sep 1, 1993

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 1993 American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
ISSN
0891-0162
DOI
10.1177/216507999304100904
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Abstract

The Role of the Agricultural Health Nurse BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH by Susan A. Randolph, MSN, RN, COHN, and Adeline Alexander Migliozzi, MSN, RN, COHN ccupa t iona l health nurses work in di­ are the workers, with the farm being both the verse settings and focus on the preven­ workplace and the home. O tion of work related morbidity and mor­ According to A Report to the Nation: Agricul­ tality as well as maintenance of employees' ture at Risk, agricultural work continues to be one health. They are typically employed in manufac­ of the most hazardous occupations, with death turing facilities; hospital employee health serv­ and permanent disability rates that remain con­ ices; local, state, and federal governments; insur­ sistently high (Merchant, 1989). The report noted ance companies; and other business settings. that an occupational safety and health agenda for Unfortunately, the agricultural setting is agriculture is lacking in the United States, and rarely considered an "industry." Farms do not cites a number of reasons for this omission. have four walls with a well defined work force. A general awareness of the problems relative Often family members, including young children, to safety and health in agriculture

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AAOHN JournalSAGE

Published: Sep 1, 1993

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