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An Introduction to Occupational Health Nursing Course is open to all nurses.

Program of Study

The courses in your program of study can be found below, for your reference. Note: You may choose a program of study that corresponds to the academic year of your admission or any year thereafter.  Please see the guidelines below.

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Total credits required: 77

College of Nursing Courses - 49 credits

  • NGR 6638 HP Theory & Strategies Across the Lifespan (3)
  • NGR 6152 Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology (4)
  • NGR 6172 Pharmacology for Advanced Practice (4)
  • NGR 6803 Research and Evidence-based Practice (3)
  • NGR 6002CAdvanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan (4)
  • NGR 6650 Occupational Health Nursing I (2))
  • NGR 6651 Occupational Health Nursing II (2)
  • NGR 6064C Advanced Diagnostics and Procedures (3)
  • NGR 6291C Health Mngmt of Adults and Older Adults III – Special Topics / Occupational Health Nursing (6)
  • NGR 6733 Organizational Professional Dimensions of Nursing Practice (3)
  • NGR 6893 Systems and Populations in Healthcare (3)
  • NGR 6207C Health Mngmt of Adults & Older Adults I (6)
  • NGR 6244C Health Mngmt of Adults & Older Adults II (6)

College of Public Health Courses - 28 credits*

  • PHC 6357 Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
  • PHC 6000 Epidemiology (3)
  • PHC 6050 Biostatistics I (3)
  • PHC 6102 Principles of Health Policy Management (3)
  • PHC 6423 Occupational Health Law (2)
  • PHC 6360 Safety Principles and Practices (2)
  • PHC 6364 Plant Operations Interdisciplinary Field Experience (2) OR PHC 6945 COPH Field Experience (2)
  • PHC 6356 Industrial Hygiene (2)
  • PHC 6351 Occupational Medicine (3)
  • PHC 6354 Occupational Health and Safety Administration (2)
  • PHC 6977 Special Project (3)

*All MPH degrees at the College of Public Health require 42 credits minimum.  In this dual degree the Public Health courses listed and the common Nursing/Public Health courses meet this requirement. NGR 6638 Health Promotion Theories and Strategies Across the Lifespan will substitute for the PHC 6410 core course for dual nursing MS/MPH students

Competencies

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In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, graduates will be able to:

  1. A continuing goal of the Dual Degree MS/MPH Program is to assure that program graduates meet the requirements to write national certification examinations for adult nurse practitioners and the national certification examination for occupational health nurses (COHN-S).  

Contact Information

Candace M. Burns, PhD, ANP, ARNP
Director, Occupational Health Nursing
University of South Florida
College of Nursing HSC 22
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612
E-Mail: cburns@health.usf.edu
Cell Phone: (813) 245-4550

Helen Acree Conlon, DNP, MS, MPH, ARNP, COHN-S
Deputy Director, Occupational Health Nursing
University of South Florida
College of Nursing HSC 22
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612
E-mail: hacree@health.usf.edu

 

 

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