Hear the story of how occupational health nurses (OHN) took a complacent, non-compliant, reactive employee health program in a 4,000-employee non-profit healthcare system in Arizona with a $2.2 million annual workers' compensation premium to a compliant and resilient program with an annual workers' compensation premium of $985,000. Learn how to conduct a baseline assessment and then apply foundational principles of OHN practice, evidence-based research, and regulatory compliance to develop short- and long-term action plans to improve health and safety for employees. Learn how to identify key stakeholders, informal and formal leaders, and how use of SBAR can get organizational leaders on board with needed changes in policy, behavior, safe work expectations, and funding. The importance of the C-Suite in removing barriers, prioritization of safety, funding, and setting key expectations for safe work environments and safe work behaviors will be discussed. See the results of how focused efforts can drive the change to achieve safe work performance, decrease employee harm, and save workers’ compensation premiums and related expense.
Objectives:- Recognize the elements of baseline assessment.
- Review the process of identifying key stakeholders.
- Explore the value of establishing credibility with organizational leaders.
- Identify the importance of setting both short- and long-term priorities.
- Learn the benefits of program evaluation to drive change.
