April 2022 NEWSLETTER

A Message From the Board

Happy spring, occupational health nurse friends and colleagues. I want to catch you up on a couple of educational happenings at AAOHN. First of all, the first two episodes of Occupational Health Nursing Pulse: The AAOHN Podcast have dropped! I am so excited to host this series as we discuss the latest and greatest in occupational health nursing. If you have ever been interested in obtaining your occupational health nursing certification, you should listen to our first episode where we have a conversation with Lucy Carlson, the Executive Director of ABOHN, the certifying body of occupational health nurses. In the second episode we discuss the OHN’s role during the COVID-19 with Stephanie Weinsier, DNP, ANP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN, who had some unique experiences in her corporate occupational health nurse role at American Express and working in the emergency room. Future episodes will drop every other month. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking here.

We are excited to be hosting the 2022 AAOHN Conference June 8-9, virtually! This is a great opportunity for you to grow professionally with the high-quality education you expect from AAOHN. There is the opportunity to earn up to 35.5 CNE and with the virtual format, you will have access to the CNE content through September 9, 2022. In addition, you can customize your experience using the session “roadmaps,” which are based on interest categories such as Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Practice, Management, Business & Leadership, Total Worker Health and more! To learn more click here.

Thank you for all you do for worker health and know that the AAOHN Board of Directors continuously looks for ways we can support your educational needs.

Kim Olszewski, DNP, CRNP, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN, FAAN

AAOHN President

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From the AAOHN Foundation

Happy spring, AAOHN members!

Can you believe we are entering our third year of living and working amidst COVID-19? While I’d love to believe we are truly nearing the end of the pandemic and moving into the end phase, if we have learned one thing, it is that COVID-19 is an unpredictable and formidable foe. I remember feeling the same glimmer of hope last summer right before the Delta variant emerged and we entered one of the worst surges of the pandemic. I am hopeful that regardless of what COVID-19 has up her sleeve, we really are starting to enter a new normal. Stay vigilant, my fellow nurses. Continue doing what you do best, protecting worker health and productivity while supporting and advocating for our most vulnerable populations.

Personally, I was truly looking forward to attending this year’s national conference in person but it just wasn’t meant to be. Fortunately, we have a pretty amazing virtual platform that makes the experience much more interactive than just recorded webinars. The AAOHN Foundation is pleased to announce it will host a virtual event, stay tuned for details!

You may be wondering, what is the AAOHN Foundation? The AAOHN Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization created to enable occupational and environmental health professionals to improve worker health and safety by preventing workplace illnesses and injuries. These purposes are accomplished through grants and scholarships to support:

• Ongoing professional education
• Leadership development
• Research initiatives

When you make a donation or purchase a pin, the funds are invested in our peers that apply for these awards each year. We just completed a rigorous review of our 2022 submissions for grants, scholarships, and leadership development. I was part of this workgroup and have to say that I was extremely impressed with the quality of the work being done in the field to enhance the profession of occupational health nursing and our focus on protecting worker health and productivity. It’s inspiring to see the passion that our members put into their professional growth and conducting evidence-based research. In our efforts to fundraise for these grant and scholarship offerings, please check out the new 2022 AAOHN Foundation pins! Cost is $15 for one pin, two for $25, or three for $40. 2020, 2021, and 2022 pins are available for purchase here.

All of my best,

Lara G. Stahl, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, COHN-S

AAOHN Foundation Trustee