The nurse has decided to pursue employment as an occupational health nurse. What would this nurse anticipate as being a primary focus in this job?
1. Serving as compliance officer for the Occupational Safety and Health Act
2. Manage the company's insurance benefit program.
3. Eliminate the employee's need for a primary physician.
4. Make home visits to employees to provide care.
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Rationale 1: One of the primary foci of the occupational health nurse is to ensure that the employer's practices are compliant with OSHA.
Rationale 2: The benefits package is managed by the human resource department.
Rationale 3: The employees still need to maintain a relationship with a primary physician for routine and emergency care.
Rationale 4: Home visits are not generally within the practice of occupational health nurses.
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