Harbor Light health has experienced staff to meet your Facility or School nursing needs. Nurses care for individuals in factory or school setting.

Occupational Health Nurses (OHN) are registered nurses who independently observe and assess workers' health status with respect to job tasks and hazards. Using their specialized experience and education, they recognize and prevent health effects from hazardous exposures and treat workers' injuries and illnesses. 

OHNs work with employers to develop innovative and business-compatible health and safety programs, in response to each organization's unique type of work, workforce, and work/community environments. They promote an interdisciplinary approach to health care and advocate for the employee's right to prevention-oriented, cost-effective health and safety programs.

The available roles in this profession are extremely diverse, covering any and all of the wide-ranging issues related to occupational health and safety.  OHNs work as clinicians, educators, case managers, corporate directors, or consultants.  They also have a broad array of responsibilties including:

• Disease management
  
• Environmental health
  
• Emergency preparedness/disaster planning
  
• Employee treatment, follow-up and referrals
  
• Emergency care for job-related injuries and illnesses
  
• Gatekeeper for healthcare services
  
• Rehabilitation, return-to-work issues
  
• Prepare, advertise and present educational programs for employees/students.
  
• Assist with health promotions, health fairs and any other sponsored events/activities.
  
• Perform office duties, such as filing, to assist with the administration of the facility.
  
• Counsels and educates employees on varied health subjects, including medical conditions.
  
• Nutrition, care of minor injuries and illnesses and communicable diseases.