Occupational Health Nurse – Career and Education Profile
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Occupational health nurses work with employers to prevent injury and illness for works while they are at job sites. This is a great field if you want to take on more of a consulting role than a practitioner role.
Job Responsibilities
As an occupational health nurse, you’ll assess places of work to rate how safe they are for workers. Employers may also hire occupational health nurses to provide health and safety documents for workers or even run health and safety seminars. Every site is different, so as an occupational health nurse, your job will be constantly changing. You could also work with employers, insurance companies, or even legal professionals, to assess medical conditions when there is an illness or injury related to a problem at work.
Salary and Career Options
As an occupational health nurse, the sky is the limit as far as how much you can earn, since some nurses run their own independent occupational health consulting firms. On average, occupational health nurses make $66,513 annually. In addition to working in a consultant role, after you have experience in this field, you can also go on to work as an educator or even work in research. Many occupational health nurses come to this field from other related industries such as medical manufacturing or insurance. If you work in a leadership position in this field, your can expect to earn an average of $75,000 or even more in some cases.
Educational Requirements
Most employers require their occupational health nurses to not only be registered RNs, but also to earn at least a bachelor’s degree in nursing. The top positions in this field require a master’s degree, which will allow you to better tailor your education to the field of occupational health. Your classes will focus on topics like risk assessment, healthcare law, informatics, education, and public health.
LPN to RN College Programs
While several schools have online nursing degrees available, few offer LPN to RN programs. What's the good news? We have listed some accredited schools below that do offer the program in addition to schools with other bridge programs available. Find out more information and contact each school by using any of the links below.
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Indiana State University—Indiana State University offers a robust online program designed for LPNs wanting to become registered nurses and earn their BSN degree. Since ISU's credits transfer to over 80 campus majors, this is an ideal program for people wanting to open opportunities for their career down the road. |
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The College Network—The College Network is a partnership with several universities and organizations like the National League for Nursing that focuses on online education and programs, with several courses for nurses or those interested in a nursing career. Specifically, TCN helps students prepare for their PN and RN licensures and move on to earn graduate degrees. |
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Walden University—Walden University is typically a graduate school with several masters and doctoral programs available, but they do have BSN and RN to MSN bridge programs available. Walden is based out of Minneapolis and offers several options in transferring your previously earned credits to and from (or even within) the school. |
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Kaplan University—Kaplan University is one of the nation's largest and leading online educators and offers several bridge programs for registered nurses to earn their BSN or MSN degree. If you have previously earned credits, Kaplan makes it easy for you to transfer to any one of their undergraduate or graduate programs. |
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Herzing University—While Herzing University does not offer an undergraduate nursing degree, it is a great choice for working nurses wanting to pursue leadership positions in Nurse Education or Management. With over 10 campuses and 45 online programs available, Herzing has a massive network that makes it easy to transfer to or from the school. |
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