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  1. Certification is a mark of prestige.

  2. Certification is a significant personal and professional accomplishment.

  3. Certification can advance your career.

  4. Certified OHNs earn significantly more.

  5. Employers regard certification as a mark of quality and rely on certification when making employment decisions.

  6. The certified OHN provides knowledgeable management of occupational injuries and illnesses and facilitates early return to work processes.

  7. The certified OHN can reduce the employer's legal exposure through management of regulatory requirements such as OSHA, FMLA, ADA, DOT, HIPAA, etc.

  8. Certification enhances your disease management and health promotion skills.

  9. Certified OHNs make a positive impact on the employer's financial bottom line.

  10. Certification augments competence and on-the-job productivity.

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Who We Are and What We Do

The American Board for Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN) is an independent nursing specialty certification board.  We have over 12,000 active certified nurses working today.

ABOHN was founded in 1972 as an independent not-for-profit organization to set professional standards and conduct occupational health nursing specialty certification.  ABOHN is the sole certifying body for occupational health nurses in the United States and awards four credentials:  Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN), Certified Occupational Health Nurse - Specialist (COHN-S), Case Management (CM), and Safety Management (SM). 

ABOHN has certified approximately 16,000 and currently has 5, 200 active certificants.

We use predetermined standards of nursing practice to validate an individual registered nurse's qualifications, knowledge and practice in specific areas of occupational health nursing. (c)

 

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Brian Verrall, RN, MSc, DOHS, COHN(C), FAAOHN, COHN-S/CM  the current Chair of the ABOHN Board. 

 


 

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Participation in the Respiratory Surveillance Survey

Share your roles and responsibilities for respiratory protection and tell us about your educational needs regarding effective respiratory protection.

This survey should only take about 10 minutes to complete. Your answers will be completely anonymous.

This survey stems from a recommendation by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that AAOHN, other agencies. and professional organizations conduct such a Respiratory Protection Survey. The IOM report, Occupational Health Nurses (OHNs) and Respiratory Protection: Improving Education and Training (2011) outlined seven recommendations that include improving OHN competency with regards to respiratory protection. The first such recommendation was for a survey, such as this.

Please go to the AAOHN website at www.aaohn.org to participate in the the Respiratory Surveillance Survey.

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NIOSH

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is developing the Occupational Health and Safety Network (OHSN). 

OHSN

·         Allows you to benchmark the safety of your own facility

·         Helps you target prevention and intervention strategies to decrease work-related injuries

·         Creates a community of leaders to share workplace solutions

·         Helps you track your own data to meet OSHA and Joint Commission requirements

·         Integrates with your current data collection process to minimize effort

 Visit www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ohsn/  to learn more!

 How can you get involved with OHSN?

Start preparing to be an early adopter of OHSN by beginning to adapt your current injury data collection processes to conform to the OHSN data standards – available at www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ohsn/.  

Please feel free to contact the following with questions or comments:

Ahmed Gomaa MD, ScD, MSPH, Medical Officer (AGomaa@cdc.gov)

Sara Luckhaupt MD, MPH, Medical Officer (SLuckhaupt@cdc.gov)

OHSN Team (NIOSHOHSN@cdc.gov)

Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations & Field Studies
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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ASSE

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has approved the  recognition of the Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) and Certified Occupational Health Nurse-Specialist with Bachelor's degrees or above as qualifying for the level of Professional Members in ASSE.

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

 "Let's Get Certified Campaign"

The American Board for Occupational Health Nurses is please to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense a $50 discount on our COHN and COHN-S certification examinations.  For additional information                            >more
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