Graduate Education in Occupational Environmental Health

描述(由申请人提供)：这项建议寻求维持现有的宾夕法尼亚大学硕士和博士级别的职业健康护理(OEHN)课程。该计划在满足地区对高级执业护士的需求方面发挥了关键作用，以满足劳动力的需求。此外，该计划利用其在护理科学方面的全国声誉，教育博士护士所需的科学技能，以解决职业健康方面的研究重点。我们要求为硕士和博士生提供五年的持续资助，目标如下：1)继续将硕士水平的OEHN护士专业培训纳入宾夕法尼亚大学国家认可的高级实践护士培训计划；2)帮助培养下一代职业和环境健康护理科学家；3)增加少数族裔护士的数量，以满足日益多样化的工作场所的职业健康和安全需求；以及4)提高宾夕法尼亚大学所有本科生和研究生的能力，以了解我们工作人口职业和环境健康的重要性。我们硕士的OEHN专业课程包含在我们国家排名的初级保健护理和护理管理课程中，并且有广泛的职业场所可供临床课程使用。我们的OEHN研究培训利用了宾夕法尼亚护理学院内国家认可的职业和环境健康研究项目组合。这些研究包括移民工人、儿童的环境暴露、轮班工作和疲劳、医护人员的针刺损伤、化学品暴露、暴露的生物标志物和对健康的影响以及工作场所慢性病的管理等问题。制定了严格的评价标准，传播循证实践和研究知识是最优先事项。我们的计划致力于招收少数民族进入高级实践和博士生学习。此外，这一培训计划提供了将职业和环境健康纳入一些跨学科、本科生和研究生教育计划的机会。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): This proposal seeks to maintain an existing program in Occupational Health Nursing (OEHN) at the master's and doctoral level at the University of Pennsylvania. The program plays a crucial role in meeting the regional needs for advanced practice nurses to meet the needs of the workforce. Also the program leverages its national reputation in nursing science to educate PhD nurses with the scientific skills needed to address research priorities in occupational health. We are requesting five years of continued funding for both master's and doctoral students with the following goals: 1) Continue to integrate OEHN nurse specialist training at the master's level into the University of Pennsylvania's nationally recognized advanced practice nurse training programs; 2) Contribute to the preparation of the next generation of scientists in occupational and environmental health nursing; 3) Increase the numbers of minority nurses prepared to meet the occupational health and safety needs of an increasingly diverse workplace; and 4) Increase the capacity of all undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania to understand the importance of the occupational and environmental health of our working populations. Our master's OEHN specialty program is housed within our nationally ranked primary care nursing and nursing administration programs and a wide range of occupational sites are available for clinical courses. Our OEHN research training takes advantage of the portfolio of nationally recognized research projects in occupational and environmental health within the Penn School of Nursing. These studies include issues such as immigrant workers, environmental exposures among children, shift work and fatigue, needle stick injuries in health care workers, chemical exposures, biomarkers of exposures and health effects and management of chronic diseases in the workplace. Rigorous evaluation criteria have been established and dissemination of evidence-based practice and research knowledge are of the highest priority. Our program is committed to the recruitment of minorities into advanced practice and PhD study. In addition, this training program presents the opportunity to integrate occupational and environmental health into a number of interdisciplinary, undergraduate and graduate educational programs.