The Occupational and Environmental Health Nurses’ Role in Providing a Comprehensive Approach to Depression Management
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- January 13, 2020
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Stiehl, Kristin
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Public Health Leadership Program
- Abstract
- Depression is a common condition that impacts all levels of the workforce, often going undiagnosed and untreated due to both individual and organizational barriers. Workers with depression can experience multiple symptoms that contribute to personal suffering as well as impaired job performance resulting in loss of productivity for the organization. Identifying depressed workers can facilitate prompt treatment, reduce symptoms in the worker, improve, productivity, and reduce healthcare costs. Through a comprehensive approach to depression management, the occupational and environmental health nurse (OEHN) can implement strategies to educate the workforce on depression and available treatment, identify workers who are depressed, and make referrals for appropriate treatment. The OEHN can also assist management with identifying job accommodations for modified duty after an episode of worker disability from depression. Modified duty ensures that injured workers are matched with a jobs that accommodate physical capabilities and reduce lost time Keywords: occupational health nursing, depression, modified duty
- Date of publication
- December 2011
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- Paper type: Research or research design
- Track: OHN
- Advisor
- Ostendorf, Judith
- Degree
- Master of Public Health
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 2011
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- b6f6bdeb-f0b9-4907-a2ad-769b5d2e1080
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