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.
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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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Become Certified

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.

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Hinsdale, IL --- October 12, 2012.  The American Board for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (ABOHN) is proud to announce in cooperation with our testing administrator and research coordinator Applied Measurement Professionals, the release of the 2011 Practice Analysis Report. 

 

The American Board for Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN) is the sole provider of certification in the specialty of occupational health nursing in the United States.  ABOHN must ensure their certification examinations validly reflect the scope of current occupational health nursing practice by periodically conducting a practice analysis.  This report presents the findings of this research study. 

 

The primary purpose of this practice analysis was to confirm the knowledge, skills and activities currently required for the proficient practice of occupational health nursing as reflected by the tasks performed.   A valid and reliable survey instrument was developed by a practice analysis committee of subject matter experts. 

 

The survey contained 20 demographic questions and 136 nursing task statements.  An email invitation to participate in the web-based survey containing a link to the survey instrument was then distributed to 8,720 occupational health nurses in the United States and Canada.  After reducing the survey sample for undeliverable emails and addresses (n=2401), 6,319 surveys remained.  Respondents returned 2,594 surveys for a total response rate of 38.1%. Decision rules were developed to determine which tasks were appropriate for inclusion in the examinations.  The revised examination blueprints are used to refine the ABOHN certification examinations.

 

Since its inception in 1972, ABOHN has awarded the Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN), Certified Occupational Health Nurse-Specialist (COHN-S), Case Management (CM) and Safety Management (SM) credentials to more than 12,000 Occupational Health Nurses. 

 

Full access to the 2011 Practice Analysis Report can be found through the hyperlink.

 

 

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Accredited by
The National Commission for Certifying Agencies
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Christine Zichello,

RN, BS, CSHM, ARM, FAAOHN, COHN-S, CSPHP
is the current Chair of the ABOHN Board 

Presenting the newest member of the
ABOHN Board of Directors 
Cindy Fearn, RN, MSN, COHN-S/CM

 
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ABOHN'S

"Certified Self-Assessment Tests"!

(CSAT'S)

 

Are you getting ready to take an exam? Do you know that ABOHN offers CSAT's for each exam type?

 

CSAT's are "certified self-assessment tests" created by certified occupational health nurses which may help you assess your readiness to take an exam. CSAT's conform to the specific exam's blueprint and core content areas, have 50 questions and provide a written rationale for each correct answer.

 

ABOHN offers two unique volumes for both the COHN and COHN-S credentials and one volume for the Case Management exam. Follow this link for the CSAT order form.

 

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11th Annual Congress

 

ON-SITE EMPLOYEE

HEALTH CLINICS

 

Innovations in Building & Expanding On-Site Health Clinics including leading strategies that reduce costs, engage employees, ensure employee satisfaction and positively impact patient behavior.

 

July 21 - 22, 2014

The Ritz-Carlton

Chicago, Illinois

 

For more information go to

www.2014onsiteclinics.com

 

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Look what our BOD Jennylynn Balmer found at her local mall!

 

ABOHN would like to congratulate BOD Jennylynn Balmer on achieving selection as an AAOHN Fellow.

 

Well done Jennylynn!

 

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UPCOMING
EVENTS

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SAVE THE DATE!!!!

 

FSAOHN 2014 Conference

September 11-12-2014

Marriott Orlando, Florida

 

 

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Candidate Experience

Video Now Available

 

We know that committing to becoming certified can be stressful. Our testing provider, Applied Management Professionals (AMP) has released a video which gives detailed information on scheduling instructions and what to expect on test day. This great resource was designed to help better prepare AMP testing candidates during the process.

 

Please go here to view the video.

 

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Recertification

 

Requirements for the COHN and
COHN-S credentials are:

 

1. Current active RN license.

 

2. 3000 hours as and OHN during the previous 5 years.

 

3. 50 continuing education contact hours directly related to OH.

 

The Case Management (CM) credential requires an additional 10 continuing education contact hours directly related to OH Case Management.

 

The Safety Management (SM) credential requires an additional

50 continuing education contact hours directly related to OH Safety Management.

 

You can find more information and the downloadable application or the online application under the Recertification Tab.

 

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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

 

To learn more...Visit: www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ohsn/

 

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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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