TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine A2 - Linda Hawes Clever A2 - M.E. Bonnie Rogers A2 - Andrea M. Schultz A2 - Catharyn T. Liverman TI - Occupational Health Nurses and Respiratory Protection: Improving Education and Training: Letter Report SN - 978-0-309-21548-0 DO - 10.17226/13183 PY - 2011 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13183/occupational-health-nurses-and-respiratory-protection-improving-education-and-training PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine AB - Occupational health nurses (OHNs) are front-line advocates for preventing illness and injury and protecting health in a variety of workplace settings, including the areas of agriculture, construction, health care, manufacturing, and public safety. OHNs need education and training in respiratory protection in order to ensure both their safety and the safety of America's workers. At the request of the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined existing respiratory protection curricula and made recommendations to improve education and training in respiratory protection for OHNs. The IOM finds that current respiratory protection education receives varying amounts of dedicated time and resources and is taught using a variety of approaches. Several recommendations are made to improve the respiratory protection education and training of OHNs. ER -